GADGET REVIEWS

Let's be honest: the Averatec All-In-One is a netbook with a big screen. The 1.6GHz Intel Atom processor isn't going to give you blistering performance, but in our experience it will give you enough power to do most everyday computing tasks.

Like a netbook, the All-In-One is cheap. $550 buys you the computer, an 18.4 inch, 1680 x 945 widescreen display (with built-in webcam), a keyboard and a mouse. You'll also find a DVD drive, built-in mic, 5 USB ports, ethernet and a 120GB hard drive.

Perhaps the neatest feature… Read More

This is Sony's innovative new Vaio JS1. It's one good looking computer, and it's hard to know how Sony's engineers came up with such an out-there, brand new PC design. The computer is completely housed in that thin, brushed metal (or is it silver plastic?) and glass slab, and the keyboard is a sleek and slimline model which can be easily slid out of the way. There's even a vertical optical drive in there, although Sony has opted for the old-fashioned kind with an actual pop-out disk tray.

In fact, it seems that Sony's innovation… Read More