Eric Grevstad

Canon Unveils Affordable All-in-One Inkjets Small-business operators and home-based workers will appreciate the sophisticated paper handling, Wi-Fi and Ethernet connectivity, and advanced document and photo options of the two models Canon has added to its office all-in-one lineup: The Pixma MX860 and Pixma MX330 combine color inkjet printing with copying, scanning, and fax capability and […]

Glossy black or piano black has become a chic color for everything from cell phones to car dashboards — and now for all-in-one inkjet printers, judging by the handsome Epson WorkForce 600. The tony black top panel, flatbed scanner lid, and front-mounted memory-card reader offset the unit’s matte black case and show off a lavish […]

In addition to its simplicty of form, the Lexmark  X6650 also appeals to our sense of thrift, since its $130 price buys a copier, scanner, and fax as well as a printer, plus 802.11b/g Wi-Fi for wireless printing on a home network. Or a small office network, of course, although since Lexmark has sorted its inkjets into […]

Lately, we’ve been increasingly impressed by the capabilities of relatively small, relatively low-priced inkjet printer/scanner/copiers. Compared to such all-in-one compacts, Canon‘s Pixma MX7600 is a bruiser: It weighs a hefty 37 pounds, measures a bulky 20 by 21 by 13 inches, and will set you back $400. So how does the MX7600 justify its price […]

Source: Dell Dell joins the craze of ultraportable, low-cost notebooks with an 8.9-inch netbook starting at $349 with the popular Linux distribution and $399 with Windows XP. Both solid-state and online storage are standard. Asus’ Eee PC was first; Hewlett-Packard Acer, MSI, and Lenovo followed; and now Dell has dived into the flood of low-cost, […]

We have a winner, if not in the sales competition at least in the nomenclature contest: The low-priced, lightweight laptops inspired by last fall’s Asus Eee PC and since described as everything from mini-notebooks to kneetops to Microsoft’s catchy acronym ULCPCs (ultra-low-cost PCs) are now universally called netbooks, after their primary purpose of simple Web […]

Over the last couple of years, all-in-one inkjet printer/scanner/copiers have pushed single-function inkjet printers virtually out of the market, save for top-quality photo printers and for consumer toy printers priced below their replacement ink cartridges. A multifunction peripheral offers more convenience in less desk space than a separate copier, printer and scanner, not to mention […]

Do you want to buy a color laser printer? Do you want to buy one this week? We should explain: The new entry-level or bottom-rung model in HP‘s Color LaserJet lineup, the CP1215, is officially priced at $300. And that’s the price you’ll see if you look it up on the home and home-office section […]

We’ve all seen photo shoots and sales brochures that show PCs and products in stylish settings — judging by most magazine ads, the average home office has panoramic penthouse views and $1,300 ergonomic chairs. But Samsung‘s brochure for the SCX-4500 takes the cake: Not only is the monochrome laser printer/copier/scanner shown in one of those […]

It’s hardly a radical idea, but you wonder why no one thought of it before. Microsoft, like its rival Logitech, makes numerous mice designed for use with notebook PCs — scaled-down devices that don’t take much space in a traveler’s briefcase, usually with a niche or cubbyhole on the underside to hold the cordless mouse’s […]

Talk to HP executives, and they’ll tell you that the HP 2133 Mini-Note PC introduced today targets the educational market. Ask about its place in the mainstream laptop segment, and they’ll tie you to a chair and tell you it’s meant for instructional use. Comment on its VIA processor or choice of operating systems, and […]

Back in the day, a $1,000 budget could only buy you a rock bottom PC, and you could pretty much forget about a decent notebook. Today, $500 is the new $1,000. Of course a $500 price tag isn’t unprecedented. For a couple of years or more, retail superstores have offered consumers $500 desktops suitable for […]