EXCLUSIVE REVIEW: Toshiba Portégé G910
With tens of products arriving in our office every day, it's not often that something really stands out. The arrival of Toshiba's Portégé G910 marked such an occasion.
We're currently the only magazine in the country to have one, and its design...
New issue on sale now!
WHAT LAPTOP 111 (June 2008) has hit the shelves and comes with THREE great laptop group tests plus we take a look at Microsoft Home Server and why laptop users need it. Plus, a whole host of portable news and reviews ...
WIN: A Samsung R700
We've teamed up with Samsung to bring one lucky reader the chance to own a Samsung R700 laptop. This 17-inch machine is a great desktop replacement and is worth £600 ...
Reviewed: Asus Eee PC 900
It has all the changes you asked for including a bigger screen and more storage space but does it live up to expectations? ...
WIN: Acer 17-inch laptop
Be in with a chance of winning a great 17-inch laptop - it's easy!
We’ve teamed up with online retail specialist Play.com to give away a fantastic Acer Aspire 7520–6A1G08Mi to one lucky reader. ...
Reviewed: DPC Tech Frankenstein
As the name implies, this is a monster laptop with plenty of power to spare.
DPC Tech doesn‘t have the same level of consumer awareness as Alienware or Dell XPS gaming laptops but the DPC Tech Frankenstein can claim a first: it‘s the first...
Issue 110 Now On Sale
The latest issue hits the shelves with the first ever group test of 7-inch laptops ...
Reviewed: Asus M70SA
This desktop replacement looks fantastic, works exceedingly well and offers all the latest cutting-edge features ...
Toshiba Portégé G810
Toshiba’s Portégé G810 is the latest addition to the company's mobile handset range, and is one of the first devices to offer Windows Mobile 6.1.
The OS offers a host of changes over Windows Mobile 6, in a bid to offer greater usability. Features...
Reviewed: Apple MacBook
Apple’s presence in the laptop market remains fairly small, but has seen recently renewed interest thanks to the success of the iPod. The MacBook is an entry-level offering and provides impressive mobility and comprehensive software compatibility ...
Reviewed: Sony VAIO VGN-FZ38M
Sony's VAIO VGN-FZ38M is a stylish and impressively specified laptop ideal for most home users. Performance is a mixed bag however, and this may deter more power-hungry users ...
Clone your laptop's hard drive
I have a laptop that’s three years old and the hard drive is rapidly filling up so I would like to fit a higher capacity drive. Is there any way to transfer the contents of my new hard drive directly to the new one without reinstalling Windows ...
Deciphering shutdown errors
Recently when turning off my laptop I get the message "DWWIN.EXE-DLL initialization failed. Application failed to initialize because Windows station is shutting down”. I've had no luck solving the problem. Have you got any suggestions ...
Review: Cyberpower Xplorer 80
Cyberpower’s 15.4-inch Xplorer 80 (£799 inc. VAT) is a semi-portable machine, weighing in at 1.8kg. It uses a generic chassis that we’ve seen before on several laptops from rival manufacturers, helping to keep costs down.
It’s most striking aspect in...
Fixing YouTube problems
I am using Windows XP and my problem is when I go to the YouTube web site, I get a message telling me that I need to get the latest version of Adobe Shockwave but I already have the latest version. Why is this happening ...
Use RAID drives in your laptop
I have bought a new Acer Laptop, which has two 320GB hard drives. Why don’t I see two drives, and can I use a partitioning program to split this large drive into two? ...
Do I have a faulty hard drive?
When I analyse my hard drive, I am able to get a successful read-out but when it comes to defragmenting the drive, the process freezes after one place of the progress bar. Do you have any ideas as to what might be wrong? ...
Reviewed: Sony VAIO VGN-TZ31VN/R
The Sony VAIO VGN-TZ31VN/R is one of the slimmest and lightest laptops around. While performance is below average, its feature-packed specification is outstanding for such a small laptop, making it a great choice for a life on the move ...
Reviewed: Rock Pegasus 210
UK-based Rock is best known for its gaming laptops. The Pegasus 210 is a sleek ultraportable that aims for style and mobility over performance. It succeeds despite a lack of features ...
Reviewed: Hawking Directional Wireless Antenna
If you live in a built-up area and suffer from a weak wireless signal on your home network, Hawking Technology’s Hi-Gain 12dBi Directional Window Antenna (£35 inc. VAT) is worth a look.
This rectangular antenna, which is styled like a socket extension,...


