If you’re in the market for a great wireless printer then you should check out the Canon Pixma MP245 all-in-one. The MP245 achieves a great print resolution with a 4800 x 1200 maximum color dpi, comes with Canon’s Full HD Movie Print software to get great pictures from your HD clips and is supplied with Canon’s high quality print cartridges for great image quality. The Canon Pixma MP245 is currently priced at only $52 which is a bargain price in anyone’s books.
* Printing resolution (dpi) 4800 (horizontal) x 1200 (vertical)
* Printer Port : Hi-Speed USB
* Direct Print Port : PictBridge
* Print width 8 inches/203.2 mm max. (for Borderless Printing: 8.5 inches/216 mm)
* Acoustic noise level Approx. 46 dB
* 444 (W) x 331 (D) x 155 (H) mm
* 5.5 kg
Canon Pixma MP245 Features
* Full HD Movie Print software
* Auto Photo Fix II automatically adjusts and corrects your photos
* Chromalife 100 + system gives you beautiful and long lasting photos
* Wireless Lan
* Borderless 4 x 6 photo
NAS seem to be the latest piece of hardware your average consumer seems to be investing in. One of the top models available is the DS212j Disk Station from the Taiwanese company Synology. Currently priced at $220 at Amazon, the Synology DS212j is a great entry level NAS solution for people wanting to centralise their media on their home network and also make it available over the net. The Synology DS212j NAS is a DLNA Certified Media Server, offers the honme user effortless backup and features the EZ-Internet wizard to guide you through setting the unit up for internet access.
* CPU Frequency : 1.2GHz
* Memory : DDR2 256MB
* Internal HDD/SSD : 3.5″ or 2.5″ SATA(II) X 2 (with Disk Holder) (Hard drive not included)
* Max Internal Capacity : 6TB (2X 3TB HDD) (Capacity may vary by RAID types)
* USB 2.0 Port x 2
* 165 X 100 X 225.5 mm
* 0.94Kg
* LAN : Gigabit X1
* 18.3 dB(A)
* Power Consumption : 17.6W (Access) ; 5.5W (HDD Hibernation)
Synology DS212j Reviews
We managed to track down some reviews for you on the Synology DS212j NAS and glowing reviews they were indeed
Pros - affordable, excellent performance, support for 2.5” SSD, low power consumption, almost silent
Cons - no SATA 3 support, swapping drives means taking unit apart
Our Picks verdict
Well what more can we add? The Synology DS212j NAS seems to get a thumbs up from just about everybody and with a just a couple of minor cons we not going to buck the trend. Yes, the DS212j NAS solution gets a big thumbs up from us.
An average score of 4.69 out of 5 based on these 2 reviews.
Today we’re taking a quick look at the Dell Inspiron 15 i15-N5040 notebook, for which unfortunately we’re unable to find any decent reviews. However the laptop is currently the bestselling laptop at Amazon so that must say something about it. The i15-N5040 sports a 15.6 inch display and is powered by an Intel i3 Core processor. The base model comes with 3 GB of memory and a 320 GB spinny drive and all for $460 which is not a lot more than a 12 inch netbook and it packs a lot more into its case.
* 2.53 GHz Intel Core i3-380M
* 3GB DIMM Memory (up to 8GB)
* 320 GB 5400 rpm Hard Drive
* 15.6-Inch Screen 720p
* Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
* 19.9 x 13.9 x 4.2 inches
* 7 pounds
* 802.11bgn Wi-Fi
* 3 x USB 2.0 ports
* HDMI port
* VGA video output
* 3-in-1 Media Card Reader (supports SD, MS, MMC)
* 48 watt_hours 6 cell Lithium Ion Battery
* Intel HD Graphics for casual and mainstream gaming (supports Microsoft DirectX 10).
* 8x multi-format CD/DVD drive
* 0.3-megapixel webcam
* Built-in stereo speakers
* Fast Ethernet (10/100)
* Microphone and headphone jacks
Unfortunately there’s little in the way of reviews out there including Amazon customer reviews which seems a bit strange and on the video front we only managed to find this uncommented video presumably taken in a store.
So we can’t really give the Dell Inspiron 15 i15-N5040 a thumbs up or down but of course if you have one of these suckers feel free to let us know what you think of it in the comment box below.
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