General Comments... Reviews

Since buying my Frontier Labs NEX II MP3 player, I have come to realise a few things about how it dovetails, or doesn't, with the rest of my computer-based kit. Firstly, let's kick off with the major "pro". It uses the same memory modules as my digital camera, i.e. Compact Flash II cards, or in my case, IBM ...  Read the complete review

Updated 23/12/01 ----------------- With the increasing occurrence of attacks on anyone's and everyone's machines from anywhere in the World, over the Internet, the issue of keeping safe your most important information takes prime importance in everyone's interests. Often the need to keep important information offline, in ...  Read the complete review

I use a freecom traveller CD rom which I have had for two years now. It is 24x read only, but I intend purchasing the RW version (when funds permit). This device has been used with many machines, via a PCMCIA cable. I travel a lot and it hsa been chucked around in baggage handling, the boots of cars etc. I only have oldish machines ...  Read the complete review

Compact Flash tips When I travel on business to Europe and North America I always take a notebook PC and my Kodak DC280. Like all business travelers I hate taking unnecessary bits and pieces - they add weight and bulk and airports are getting stricter on both these days. I only take carry-on luggage so I am normally limited to a suit ...  Read the complete review

While in America always on the look out for a bargain as you do when you are there I was in Wal Mart and saw the Lexar Media Smart Media Reader. This is a device that will read your smart media discs from what ever you use it in. It actually becomes another drive and is plugged into the LPT port on the PC and is also routed via the printer so if ...  Read the complete review

This is ideal for my needs and can move it from computer to computer, I have heard the argument against this machine such as why dont you get Cd writer or get second hard drive and so on, well my argument for this good bit of kit is.... My computer is now old and gray at 4 years hard service the panels are falling off it`s chugging along on ...  Read the complete review