desktops

Photos: Hands-on with the Sony Vaio SR Series (VGN-SR19VN)

Crave There are over the three customisable desktops, as mentioned earlier, giving you a total of 15 possible shortcuts. If you just can't decide whether you want a laptop for business or personal use, point your viewing spheres towards Sony's new Vaio...

16 July 2008, 15:52

Photos: Inside Mac OS X Leopard

Crave Spaces lets you toggle multiple desktops where you can drag and drop open application windows. The biggest change to the Mac operating system is the dock, which has shed its 2D filmstrip look in place of a reflective, and 3D dock.

30 October 2007, 16:08

Wired2Fire Diablo Ultima: £699 gaming demon

Crave The demise of the desktop PC has long been foretold. The prophets say laptops will one day rule the Earth, feeding off the carcasses of old ATX boxes, belching  Iomega Zip drives as they go. The doom-mongers are probably right, but let's be clear...

Tags: laptops, graphics card, diablo, pci express

26 March 2008, 11:30

Mary's Christmas Shopping: slinky Sony laptop

Crave Desktops are practical, but they aren't sexy. I bought a Dell 9100 computer earlier this year, to replace a decrepit beige box that was so absurdly out-of-date that I couldn't even donate it to a developing country.

Tags: sony, battery, case, laptop

20 December 2005, 10:27

Dell Inspiron 530, 531: Unbelievably cheap PCs

Crave Dell's colourful new Inspiron and XPS are the talk of the laptop world, but the company also has a few new desktops it would like you to crave. Two new desktops were launched: the Intel-based Inspiron 530 and the AMD-based 531.

Tags: dell, ram, hard drive, desktops

29 June 2007, 12:23

Mont Blanc: Dell 9100

Crave Dell has swapped the previous generation's scars for a piercing -- its new range of desktops have a massive hole through the front-side of the case which doubles as the perfect carrying handle. With the notable exception of Macs, computers have...

Tags: dell, range, transition, hole

31 August 2005, 10:35

Sony Vaio RC204: Blu-ray arrives in the UK

Crave On the surface, it's very similar to the other desktops in the Sony Vaio RC range. Mad props to the people at Sony for sending us the UK's first Blu-ray-ready PC (which we've reviewed here). It's called the Vaio RC204 and it's an imposing-looking...

Tags: sony, ray, disc, blu

18 May 2006, 12:01

Sony Vaio TP1 Living Room PC: Krispy Kreme computer

Crave Whereas most Media Center desktops are built to resemble traditional AV equipment, this looks more like a giant white jelly donut. Sony knows a thing or two about designing great-looking products and it has outdone itself with its latest Media...

Tags: ray, media center, living room, hard drive

9 January 2007, 1:47

Dell Dimension 5150c: The incredible shrinking PC

Crave It's also one of the company's first desktops to use a BTX (Balanced Technology Extended) design. The Dimension 5150c is tiny -- pictures just don't do it justice. On its arrival, its petite proportions led us to believe Dell may have accidentally...

Tags: dell, pcs, panel, pc windows

16 January 2006, 11:31

Apple launches Aperture and new G5s: Let's feast!

Crave It's not just new desktops and laptops Apple have introduced overnight -- there's also a new bit of groundbreaking software the company has nonchalantly tossed into the ring. Big White is at it again -- while other companies would be content with...

Tags: apple uk, raw, core, processors

20 October 2005, 11:29

Hell's Angel: Demonite OverXtreme

Crave While older desktops leave us feeling myopic, juddering through games with brain-wrenching frame-dropping sloth, the Demonite whizzes at such startling speeds you'll nearly lose control of all bodily functions.

Tags: released, frame, environment, fire

7 July 2005, 11:14

Alienware takes tranquilisers, gets calmer

Crave What do you do if you're manufacturing the world's kookiest-looking PCs but you want to sell your Alien-headed weirdness to lawyers and accountants? No one is going to take their bank manager seriously if her PC has purple neon underlights and a...

Tags: alienware, case, alien, chassis

12 August 2005, 11:22

A Letter from Linuxland -- Part 1

Crave There are a million reasons to install Linux, and as many not to bother. The days when I actually enjoyed making a computer work through sheer force of will have gone: there's too much to do with the things these days to worry about making it happen.

Tags: linux, hq, steve ballmer, windows genuine advantage

6 September 2006, 16:19

Alienware Area-51 7500: A true gaming predator

Crave Alienware makes some of the best gaming PCs in the world, but it's about time the brand had an injection of freshness -- particularly after the whole Dell business. Hearing our prayers, the good people at Alienware have sent us its new Area-51 7500...

Tags: alienware, gaming, chassis, car

5 December 2006, 10:55

Hands on: Asus Asteio D22 Media Center

Crave The hype behind Intel Viiv has died a horrible death (Joe Public still doesn't know what it is), but we're still seeing a regular stream of Media Center PCs. The latest to hit CNET.co.uk Towers is the highly affordable (£899) Asteio D22 from Asus.

Tags: asus, stream, media center, metal

4 December 2006, 10:39