As any PC gamer knows, the best possible accuracy isn’t just a function of your mouse, and how well it’s configured, but is also heavily dependant upon the right mousing surface. In my case this is particularly important, as a bare, glass desk isn’t the best of friends with gaming mice. A good mousing surface [...]
Archive for the ‘Personal Computing’ Category
SteelSeries NP+ Gaming Mouse Mat Review
Wednesday, December 8th, 2010LMP Bluetooth Keypad To Match Apple Bluetooth Keyboard Reviewed
Thursday, October 7th, 2010I’ve got two Bluetooth keyboards from Apple, but I don’t tend to use them with anything other than the iPhone/iPad. Why? They lack a numpad/home/end and other vital keys. LMP have a solution for this problem, both for die-hard fans of the Apple Bluetooth Keyboard and, of course, laptop owners. The LMP Bluetooth Keypad is [...]
SteelSeries Xai Gaming Mouse Review
Tuesday, September 28th, 2010I made no secret about my love for the SteelSeries Ikari Laser mouse, it was a great performer and had an interesting ergonomic that worked in both my left and right hand, despite being sculpted for the right. SteelSeries have broken the mould, however, and produced the Xai. A mouse that is to the Ikari [...]
Alienware Orion Backpack Review
Sunday, September 19th, 2010The astute Gadgetoid reader will notice that my search for the ultimate gadget bag has been slow but ongoing. Most of what I’ve looked at thus far has been centered around a 13-15″ laptop, but the Alienware Orion Backpack is different. Those who have, for some reason, owned a ridiculously excessive Alienware Laptop (although to [...]
Parallels 6 For Mac First Impressions Review
Wednesday, September 15th, 2010After what seems like far too short a period of time since the release of Parallels 5 for Mac, Parallels 6 has landed. We’ve been expecting it for a few weeks, thanks to a couple of leaks, and playing with it for a few days thanks to an early release for existing users. The Verdict? [...]
APC BE700G UPS reviewed with 27″ iMac
Wednesday, May 12th, 2010I’m taking a look at the APC BE700G UPS, using it with a 27″ iMac simply because there’s no good information out there on how long Apple’s latest consumer desktop behemoth will last on UPS backup battery, how well the OSX works with such devices and how easy they are to set up. In short, [...]
Knomo Saxby Leather Laptop Bag Review
Wednesday, May 12th, 2010My search for the ultimate gadget bag is, as always, ongoing and is focussed as much on pure gadget capacity as it is on style and quality. One bag that strikes a very good balance and truly excels in the quality side of the scale, figuratively exuding quality, is the Knomo Saxby Leather Laptop Bag. [...]
Parallels 5 Gaming
Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010One of the biggest questions raised in response to the 27″ iMac was “how good is it for gaming.” The response, at least in terms of native Mac games is very positive. And a reboot into Windows 7 offers pretty stellar performance in a variety of new Windows-only titles, even performing admirably at the native [...]
Samsung XL2370 23″ LED Monitor Review
Thursday, March 11th, 2010Not content with looking at simply one LED monitor, I sourced a competing product from Samsung and managed to obtain the 23″ XL2370 which also runs at 1920×1080. I’ll come right up and say that the Samsung XL2370 is the inferior product in many respects, and it’s evident that either the Samsung brand has leant [...]
LG W2486L 24″ LED Monitor Reviewed
Wednesday, March 10th, 2010Face it, LCD monitors have been boring for years and the phrases “high contrast” and “2ms” just aren’t enough to wake me from plain ignoring them. However, recently someone out there in gadget world woke up and decided it was time to start implementing thin LCD display technologies into desktop monitors where, although space may [...]