Samsung P40 XVM 1600 II

Advantages: Slim, sleek, functional... wireless
Disadvantages: Not Cheap - but getting cheaper

...Ah, come in 007, this is your new laptop. The Samsung X10. It's more than just a lap-top, this sleek silver machine simply oozes style. Concentrate Bond... as you can see at less than an inch thick, it's so sharp you could almost cut yourself on it, while still containing cutting edge wireless networking and DVD/CDRW. This really is the laptop to be seen with. Open the lid, Bond, and you're presented with a comfortable keyboard. Along the top you have three 'hot' buttons which you can program to initiate applications (browser, email and so on). The fourth button lights up a cool blue when the wireless capability is on. And the wireless (802.11B) has a reasonable range. Below the keyboard you have a track pad, two mouse buttons and... an in built fingerprint reader. This can be configured to replace all your application passwords... Read review

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Advantages: nForce2 chipset, AGP X8, High performance.
Disadvantages: nothing

...I like the Asus motherboards. Always high quality and high performance. This is my second upgrade in 18 months and I have no complaints. This motherboard will take AMD Athlon Xp processors to 3Ghz+. It uses DDR 400mhz memory (pc3200) and coupled with the excellent nForce2 chipset it offers speed, reliability and performance. The A7N8X-VM uses an onboard C-Media 8738 6-channel audio so there is no need for a separate sound card. It also features an integrated GeForce4 MX GPU, intergrated 10/100 Mbps LAN controller and 6 intergrated USB ports (4 rear +2). Other features are 3 PCI slots, AGP x8, 2 Dimm sockets (max 2 Ghz DDR memory). The A7N8X-VM comes complete with User's manual, UltraDMA cable, FDD cable and support CD. There is an extra bonus with the ASUS LiveUpdate Utility. This allows you to update the bios on-screen without having... Read review

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Advantages: Great performance, excellent hardware and software bundle.
Disadvantages: Too pricey for the average user.

...This truelly excellent bundle from Time is one of the fastest PC's around. The price of around £1,600, which you may find a little high, is still value for money. It's an easily upgradable PC, but will get you through at least 2 years before you would have to even consider getting out your screwdriver! What do you get for your money? Well, the tremendously fast Time 1000 is packed with a great hardware and software bundle. It has a mighty 1Ghz AMD Athlon processor, which will run even the newest of games. The Hercules 3D Prophet II Geforce card more than helps to put the best graphics on your screen. The CPU is backed up with an SB Live! 1024 sound card, a masssive 30Gb hard disk drive, 128MB of RAM and a HSP56 modem which helps the Time 1000-7c claim it has one of the very best hardware bundles around. But that's not all, you get... Read review

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