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Dell’s new all-in-one PC, the XPS One, is a stylish Windows Vista machine that runs well and won’t cost a fortune. If it didn’t have the Dell logo on it, the XPS One might be mistaken for a product of the PC industry’s design leaders, Apple or Sony.
Every average consumer using a computer should at least look at the Mac, suggests Walt Mossberg. Here’s a quick guide — a sort of Mac FAQ — to shopping for a Macintosh.
It’s time for Walt’s annual fall PC buyer’s guide and, surprisingly, 10 months after Microsoft’s Vista operating system emerged, Vista is still the biggest puzzle in consumers’ computer-buying decisions.
Walt Mossberg tests Fusion, another option for running Windows, and Windows programs, on a Mac. The program let him switch between each operating system rapidly and smoothly without slowing down his computer.
New laptops from Toshiba and Dell tackle the design challenge of being both small and powerful. Both machines are stylish and worked fine in the tests, but Walt finds flaws that might give a buyer pause.
Walt Mossberg tests Samsung’s Q1 Ultra, and says the tiny PC addresses the biggest weaknesses of an earlier model and throws in other improvements such as a built-in keyboard. (Video)
There’s a lot to like about Apple’s new MacBook, especially the price. Like other Intel-based Macs, it can run Windows alongside the Mac operating system. But it’s missing features that are standard on Windows-based laptops.
Samsung’s Q1, an Ultra Mobile PC that’s smaller than the smallest mainstream laptop, goes on sale next week, but the machine is so deeply flawed in key respects that it amounts to little more than a toy for techies.
Walt Mossberg tests the Sony Vaio SZ160 and the Lenovo ThinkPad X60s, and says for road warriors, these small, light, well-designed laptops are worth their hefty price tags.
Walt’s annual spring buyer’s guide to desktop computers offers hardware guidelines for users who can’t wait till January for Microsoft Vista, but want to be able to upgrade later.
Apple’s new Intel-powered laptop, the MacBook Pro, isn’t revolutionary and has some drawbacks. But it beats its predecessor, the PowerBook, and marks a promising start to the era of Intel-powered Apple laptops.
Edited by Walt and written by Katie Boehret, this is a guide to gadgets, web services and other consumer technologies.
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