Eric Grevstad

Could sticker shock scare you away from HP‘s newest small-office solution? At first glance, you might wonder why the Officejet 7410 costs $499: Can’t you find a combination color inkjet printer, flatbed scanner, and copier these days for about $100? OK, the Officejet also has fax functionality and an automatic document feeder for multi-page jobs, […]

The best bargains on WinBook notebooks aren’t at the WinBook site; they’re at parent company Micro Center’s retail and online stores — where the V220, part of WinBook’s new value line, is an even better value at $1,000 versus $1,099 with 2.8GHz Pentium 4 processor, 512MB of memory, 60GB hard disk, DVD-ROM/CD-RW combo drive, 15.0-inch […]

Does it still count as a desktop if it takes zero square inches of desk space? That’s the puzzler behind Dell’s new business PC, the OptiPlex SX280 — which squeezes Intel’s new 915G Express platform, Pentium 4 processor, DDR-2 memory, Serial ATA storage, and a swappable device bay into a case you can pick up […]

As much as we pine for decked-out, high-end PCs and laptops, the practical side of running a small business takes control and we refocus our search for computers that fit within the budget. But today’s bargain computer isn’t a stripped-down version of last year’s model. Lots of stores and Web sites often feature PCs with […]

It’s our job to bring you news of nifty new products and we’re glad to do it, but we wish digital-camera makers would coordinate things a bit better. That way, we wouldn’t be relaxing at home only to be caught off guard by a TV commercial for a brand-new, unknown-to-us Olympus compact camera, or be […]

It’s no surprise that digital cameras just keep getting sharper, smaller, more feature-filled and more affordable, but we’re mildly surprised to see so many cool new cameras slated for release this autumn: We wouldn’t have thought the third quarter would be such a hotbed of new photography products. Whatever the reason, SMBs can take advantage […]

The Sharp $1,599 Actius MM20P (with XP Professional) houses your favorite desktop applications in a remarkably slim laptop package. The notebook weighs just two pounds and measures 8.2 by 9.9 by 0.8 inches; it’s like a feather in your lap and no burden in your briefcase. In addition to being small, light and silent (with […]

Touch typists, like piano players, use both hands at once on the keyboard, but most of us put our left hands on vacation while our right is maneuvering the mouse. Logitech wants to change that, promoting two-handed productivity with Internet navigation and scrolling functions at the left edge of its newest cordless keyboard — but […]

PC prices are at record lows, according to Hardware Central’s quarterly Grand Openings survey on how much desktop or notebook $1,000 can buy, but many SMBs can’t afford to buy a new computer every time the itch for new hardware hits. Besides, upgrading to a bigger hard disk, faster video card or other piece of […]

Color laser printer prices continue to drop, and SMBs stand to reap the benefits. Priced at just $499, Hewlett Packard’s new Color Laser Jet 2550L offers businesses — that could previously only afford color inkjet printing — a step up to laser quality printing. Naturally, you can’t buy the sun, the moon and the stars […]

Digital cameras have rapidly become must-have hardware for many small businesses. Realtors, lawyers, insurance agents, appraisers and event planners rely on the quick, professional results a digital camera provides. But other businesses can benefit too — make employee ID cards, document before, during and after stages of renovation or landscape projects or photograph inventory for […]

When it comes to running a small business, saving money is a full-time job. Samsung’s made that job easier by significantly cutting the price on its entry-level laser printer. The ML-1740 costs a thrifty $150 compared to last year’s ML-1710’s $199 price tag. That means, to the best of our knowledge, the ML-1740 has dethroned […]