A capable combo drive at a high price

Calibrate your entire colour workflow

A robust and well-designed ATX tower case
An upgraded 3D controller, now compatible with Second Life

A router with 3G backup if your ADSL goes down

We’re all being encouraged to make the most of digital convergence in our homes, but make the wrong choices and you face compatibility nightmares. Nigel Whitfield explains

Pocket recorder for those needing high-quality sound capture on the move

The PC alternative to the Macbook Air

A beefy chassis and equally impressive performance, but the price is hard to stomach

An impressive high-end, all-purpose soundcard

A rather mundane-looking PC featuring AMD’s latest quad-core Phenom

Are three AMD cores for the price of two Intel ones good value?

High-volume scanning with impressive results

A compact keyboard with a stylish design

Innovative printing technology, but high running costs

With a few tweaks, you can hugely increase Vista’s performance on your laptop

Great fun for short stints and everyone will want a go
The makers of the home computer look back through the years

Well-designed network storage device, lacking one important feature

A good design for all sizes of Kensington lock slots

A stylish affair that sits comfortably in the hand

Fast processing power in a small, sleek package

The smallest desktop widescreen monitor we’ve seen

Big on power, but small in size

An updated design with excellent ease of use and reasonable pictures