Netgear ReadyNas NVX Pioneer Edition
Review Nifty Nas box
Reviewing the RNDX400E was difficult from start to finish, not least because we were sent the RNDX4210 instead first. It’s an easy mistake to make though, since both the RNDX400 and RNDX4000 (notice the extra zero) series share pretty much identical hardware.
Netgear RNDX400E Netgear's driveless ReadyNas NVX Pioneer Edition …
Iomega StorCenter ix4-200d
Review Eco-friendly four-bay Nas?
The low end of Iomega’s StorCenter range, the StorCenter ix2, is noisy, slow and lacking quite a few features you’d expect on a £300 Nas. The new StorCenter daddy, the ix4-200d, is in a different league in the speed and noise categories though, which you’d expect for 600-plus quid.
Iomega StorCenter ix4-200d Low power, high …
PC tune-up software: does it really work?
Round-up Part Two: Windows Vista
Installing tune-up and registry fixing software was hit and miss when we tested on a five-year-old Windows XP laptop. Faster Microsoft Office and Windows boot-up times were possible with some software packages, but occasionally performance took a dive and a similarly priced Ram upgrade thrashed the rest of the field.
PC speed- …
PC tune-up software: does it really work?
Round-up Part One: Windows XP
We love hardware, and if you ask us how to make an old computer go faster, we’ll recommend a hardware upgrade. But 34 million people opt for a software tune-up in the US alone, estimates Iolo, a company that makes tune-up software.
PC speed-up software
Iolo's System Mechanic 9 does a good job of finding services you don’t use …
Qnap TS-219P Turbo Nas
Review A box of delights?
There are two main criticisms that can be levelled at Qnap’s TS-209 range of Nas boxes: they have poor file transfer speeds and poor access to the hard drives. The TS-219P tackles those issues head on with a faster 1.2GHz Marvell processor, compared with a 500MHz Marvell chip in the TS-209P, and sensible hot-swappable bays. …
D-Link Xtreme N DIR-685
Review Another stab at router convergence
Ah, convergence, that buzzword of the 1990s – so often promising a lot, but delivering little. Evidently, D-Link is toying with the convergence concept with the neatly packaged Xtreme N DIR-685. This four-port Gigabit router features 802.11n Wi-Fi, a 3.2in LCD panel – billed as a digital photo frame – and Nas functionality too. …
Buffalo Terastation III
Review The paranoid user’s Nas of choice
Heading Buffalo’s Terastation range of Nas boxes, the new Terastation III is aimed at demanding users and businesses. It certainly feels heavy duty, weighing in at 6.3kg with a locking door to secure its drive bays.
Buffalo TeraStation III Secure storage: Buffalo's Terastation III
A greyscale LCD on the front reveals a …
Promise Smartstor NS4600
Review Stylish storage with server pretensions?
The term Network Attached Storage or NAS seems rather simplistic and doesn’t really do justice to a device like Promise’s Smartstor NS4600, which comes with four drive bays and a heap of server abilities. Add to this its polished black shell, funky blue lights, built-in power adapter and exquisitely quiet fan, and you’ve got …
