Stories by: James Galbraith

LaCie's Porsche-designed storage device has it all: speedy performance, tons of space for music, movie and data files, and the ability to function as your Mac's startup drive. Plus, it fits nicely into a shirt pocket.

If you're in the market for a sleek, stylish LCD, the Samsung SyncMaster 204T is certainly worth a look. This solid, all-around 20-inch display features analog and digital inputs, as well as a height-adjustable stand that can also tilt, swivel, and pivot into portrait mode. The display comes in silver or black and features a slim-bezel design.

The NEC MultiSync LCD2070NX is a 21-inch dual input (digital and analog) LCD display with a 1600 x 1200 pixel resolution, integrated USB 2.0 hub, and thin-bezel design.

Adding colour to your work documents has always come at a price in terms of time, money, or both. Colour ink-jet printers are inexpensive and great for printing photos from your digital camera, but the paper and ink can cost an arm and a leg, the print times are often slow, and the text is not up to laser clarity. But over the past year, prices have dropped to the point where it’s now feasible to consider colour laser printing for homes and small offices. We looked at five colour laser printers priced at about $US1000: Brother’s HL-2700CN, HP’s colour LaserJet 3500n, Konica Minolta’s magicolour 2350en, Lexmark’s C510n, and Xerox’s Phaser 8400/B.