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Asthe dot s2 is to bE a 5eCondcomputer, bundling this simpletool isa stroke of ideallor anoffice environment.The integrated graphics chip isn't quite powerful enoughto pl .oGI,.**** _.w ...... ...... "... Storagepage 44 MAY2010 .COMPUrERSHOPPER SUMMARY VERDICT A_ n-buHt "", book witt> on .... coll..,t dec..,tbattery andu ..fuI .-xtr.. NETIIOOKl.66GH. ln,el"" om N4SO.1GB RAM,l5OGBdiole.Inte( GMA31 SO gr.phia, 10.lin wicI1. , JlCOO ......... ""...... rig"" "".......G. Fi nd mor e magazi nes atwww. magazi nesdownl oad. comPCNEXTDAY Zoostorm 72-430l Core i3Advanced HD PC **700 includingVAT From www.pcnextday.co.uk PC SYSTEMS & LAPTOPS Intel"s Corei3processOl"5provideplenty of computing powerlor a lowprice. so they're a great choice for a mid-pricedsystem. PCNeKtday"sf700 Z005torm72-4301uses just sucha processor. andshouldbeen a balancele ai3 proc ....,...Ihi. sySl .... i. poor value thank..< 10 ",me d..ckledly muddl.d compon.nt choic .. otSKTOP I'CImo! w ei3 S40. Wir>dows7 Hom. lffmi....,. .eGB RAM. 750GB .....ddisll!.-ct. nd ... t>lxeIurn .... , 150MB _ge. Wifi, B1uot""th, uSB Con ..ctMty. 1,1 ..,.,,,' 20,8 daY"'Undby, 1000SSxlfimm. H% The slide-out keybwrd has fiverows ofkeys. with the toprowreservedlor numbi-rkeysso you 'ART CODELGGW520SLV_UK Free on20-per-month, IS-month contract; 247 inc VAT From www.three.co.uk The Jet isslimandlight. with a OLEOscreen and last processor t hat makes using the touchscreen or opening appsa breeze.The QWERTY keyboardworkswelL There's a good webb.owse. PERFORMANCE and email app, and $MARTl'HONE 3.lin 800>:480 S-amsung's widget catalogue is reasononeyet. It'sfaster tl>in 3;.0.400 , ...,IuIIOtlLCD.3-mogoplxel copy andpaste, andum .....,tonge, thebattery lifeisSluetoo!h. WiFi,US6 good.However, it'sy. us&. to use Apple's"""' Y'iIr RTB -..mTonty iTunes50ftware'ART CODEMC133BIA and there's notOETAIlS www,opple.cm/uI< fUU REVIEW 0Hlssi bte 10 carry out minor editing andcropping beforeyou print. Kat Drphanides Printers and audio BROTHER DCP-365CN *** 68 it'ICVAT From www.kikatek.com At jusl 62,Brother'sDCP-365CNMFPisan inexpensiveMFP, Still,itcan do everything you're likelyto froma homeMFP, fromhigh-resolution photo printing to running offa quick photocopy. We werepleased toa 10/100 wired Ethernetpon, so it canbeconnected10a network. We'veseveral MFPs withwirelessnetworking, but a wired connection isoften more stable andeasier to configure. Theprinter usesfourindividualinkcartridges insertedbehind a panel at theIront. fromwherein k is pumped tothe printhead. During setup wehadto wait foraroundfourminutes while the ink reservoir was charged, but it tookthat long to instaUthe software. The DCP-365CNcomes withNuance's ScanSoft PaperPort11SE, a cut-downversion01the PaperPort document management application. whichhelps you organise PDFscans. Brotherhas alsoincluded a Windows7 driverdisc SUMMARY borderless 6x4inprints fromsome programs, suchas Adobe Reader, wereprinted withalmm border. Althoughthe DCP-365CNhasa memory card reader, printing photos fromitisn't verypractical ifyou havea largenumber of filesto choose from. as you haveto print a contact sheet before youcan enter the number of the photo youwishto print. If yooplan on doing a lot 01directprinting, then westrongly recommend buyinga devicewith a futl -colour screen, capable ofpreviewing your snaps, such asEpson's similarlypricedStylus SX215(seeLabs. Shopper 263). Thescanner interface iseasy to use. itnot exactly Unfortunately. thisMFPdidn't performwellinour evaluation of print speeds andcosts. Its draft prints area quick11 ,3ppm. but text isa verypale grey - good enoogh il youwantto checkthe spelling on yourwork, but wewooldn't send it to anyoneelse. Standardmono text printed at a glaciaI3.1ppm. 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Althoughit's only rated at 800MHz, this budget kitprovedboth stable and quick when overclockedto l,600MHz.Of the 4GB DDR3kits, Crucial's B12KITZS664BN1337 couldn't beclocked beyond its rated l,333MHz, but ithas alow price and outperformed several overclocked kits inour t ests, Finally,if you're building a high-end system,OCZ's 8GB OCZ3G16OOi.VSCQDDR3kitis good value andruns stably at its blistering rat ed s,.eed of 1,600MHz. 1iJ KINGSTON KHX640002K2/4G ***** CRUCIAL BL2KIT25664BN1337 ***** OCZ OCZ3G1600LVBGQ ***** Fi nd mor e magazi nes atwww. magazi nesdownl oad. comINTRODUCTION You un'! start building _ PC until you hive II use and power supply unit (PSU).You can spend Ilot of money on II clSe with glow Ins lEDs.nd IPerspulide panel.. but It's build quality that's fUUy import.nt. A poorly constructe-dclSe u n make your PCnoisy or hot, l nd can .Iso wt your hi nds to shreds you' reUHmbUng lt . The humble power supply is often overlooke-d, butlt'J importantt o buy one tnlt Uln pnwi,u, your PCwithIreli.ble source of POWIH". '" good-quaUty mode-! should11150be quiet and efficient, lI ndenough power plugs fOfI IIthe components Inyour PC. AlanLu Senior staffKat D,.hanide. Senior stall writer Choosing a. Case I your PC's case shouldbewelleasy to open andquielfans.Most cases place greater emphaSiS on0fN!0< 31'110 do .... boys, 4x Sill" b;lys, 42Oxl9Ox478mm, S.lkg IIL60001NZZ DflAll.'i www.thmoltoi: .com Three Hundred ***** 39 inc VAT From www.digital-fusion.co.uk The ThreeHundredisAntec's entry-level gaming case.like the company's other cases, ii's wellbuilt. withintemal edges andcornersthat havebeen finished neatly, so you're unlikely to cut yourselfwhile you're working onit.The ThreeHundredcomeswitha 140mm fanat the top of the case anda 120mm fanatthe rear, whichprovideenough airflowto cooleven the mostpowerful graphicscards andprocessors. EachIanhas a three-speed switch, so youcan achievetheidealbalancebetween noiseand cooling. It hassi x 3V, indrivebays,sothere's plenty of roomforharddisks. Noneof these isexterNL soto fita memory cardreader orsimilardevice, you 'llneed to useanadaptor inone 01thethree S'Ain external bays. Thefrontpanel.whichhas two USBports andmicrophone and headphone sockets atthe top, comes offeasily. Hingedgrillesprovide access to the drivebaysandyoucan instaU addi tionalfans. The side panelalsoindudes a mounting point for a 120mm fan. Thefront-panel cables reacheverywhere except the vel)' furthest comer of the case, so most motherboards 'i!tO\.lldbeeasytoinstall. Unl ike... ntee's Solo,this case comes wilhout any 5O\.Ind-dampening mount ing kitsfor drives,but there's little else to complain about. Ifyouwantaninexpensive casewithplenty 01room forexpansion,the Three Hundredisanideal choice. 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You'llhaveto screw all your 3'hin drivesinto placethe old-fashioned way,thO\.lgh, andthere's no cleverlydesignedcageto minimisevibrations or aidcooling. The Zen's fourS'Ainbays useconvenient plastic rails to holdyouroptical drives securely inplace. We wereparticularly pleased tofindtwo120mm,l,200rpm system fans, one atthe frontof the case andthe other at the back.to provide good airflow. Theselargefans alsokeepnoiseto a minimum.Thereare noadditional fanmounting points,but the si de of the ca5eisvented. TheZenwon't soit themost powerfulPCs with special cooling and sound-proofing requirements, but it's a great choice for a budgetPc. SUMMARY VEROICTWtlh fanl.1lKIt qull e the bek& DT .... lJi www.oooIo""'in_b;lys. 2x SWoinboy>. 182, . 25x06mm. 1.9102 PAATCODl SSTGD01B ARCTIC COOLING Silentium T1 Eco-80 ** 101incVAT Fro mwww.quiet pc.com TheSilentium T1Eco 80 is designed to beboth quiet andeco-friendly. Tothis end,it's the onlycaseherethat comes with a builtin power supply - Arctic Cooling'sFusion550 SilentiumEdition. Thecase iscompact andreilsonilbly attractive. A cover onthe front panel swingsopen to provideaccessto fourextemal drivebays - two 3'hin and twoS'Ainbays.Thefrontpanelhousesreset andpowerbuttons, whiletwo USBPOltsanda pair of3.5mm stereo portSare place:2)Ox4Sti in_ boo)". 1..,.., ,,,,,, ."'IAport>..,.., m ,"," - -- - -........MKroJ>hono"","'""'""'""'""'"... PHY>lO. 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This wouldbeour favoured option ilS itidentifies Smith asbeing the JohnSmith in Abbey4rather thanthe JohnSmith in WalWick3. To dothis, you'duse cooe such as: SELECTStudent l D,TutorGroup&...-& St udent Name Students - combol . Col umn(2) As numbering starts at 0 incombo box columns, this assumesthe thirdcolumn holdsthe student name. -_... _--... --'''-"7""i"""i --

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Thismakes me wonder. let's say I bought a Barbie for myniece, some lingerie for my wife, Guitar Herofor myson, Callof Duty: Modem Warfare2 formy nl!jlhew andperhaps even 'Call of Nature' for an ageing relative. These would allbe one-off purchases, but the people at online stores, travel companies and supermarkets would have an odd profile of me. They would convert my one-oil behaviour into a 'preferen' for those types of items, which is far fromthe case. The problem is that these companies often predict behaviour on the basis of a frequency 01 as little as 0'11':event. They then use this statistically invalidinlormation to assume people's habits and routines. In fact, wewouldliketo think weare unpred>ctable andliving much more flexibleand less routine lives these days. I am now going to tuminto a hermit, although someo'1l': out there has already foreseen this,l assume. TonyWatson Profilingis almost unavoidablethese days and, whileit can occasionaUy beuseful.it's more otten an annoyance. Why companies as large andexper;enced as recommend products based ona single purchase is a mystery.It'salsorather strange that the products they recommend basedonitems youbought ottenmake noJust because youboughta p:ilirof men's shoe ...that doesn'tmean youmight also want a of women's sandals ofthe same brand. 01 course, you canusuaRyopt ()(Jtofmarketing emailsatanypointIfY()(Jcan'tquickorway todothis, youcan always set up fi ltering rulesin your emailprogram to send unwanted COMPVTERSHOPPER . Fi nd mor e magazi nes atwww. magazi nesdownl oad. comI .- t...0::.:--= _. ... Amazon' s reyGoolding ArtEditor Coon Mad:lewort " Delli>oPP"'co.uk Sany Ia Rosa barry@l