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Alan Lu

Alan Lu is currently external communications manager at Vodafone UK and has a background in corporate communications and media writing. An alumnus of The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), he has previously served as reviews editor for IT Pro and Computeractive.

Recent articles by Alan Lu

Medion Akoya P7220 D
Medion Akoya P7220 D review
PCs

The Akoya P7220 D is a powerful PC at an impressively low price, though it's not suitable for playing games.

£557 inc VAT
Apple 2.66GHz MacBook Pro (front)
Apple 2.66GHz MacBook Pro (15-inch, Mid 2010) review
Laptops
£1799 inc VAT
Toshiba Satellite Pro T130-15F
Toshiba Satellite Pro T130-15F review
Laptops Ultraportable laptops

Toshiba's Satellite Pro is a good ultra-portable laptop with excellent battery life, but is let down by a poorly-designed touchpad.

£681 inc VAT
Sony Vaio Y Series (Y11M1E/S)
Sony Vaio Y Series (Y11M1E/S) review
Laptops Ultraportable laptops

It's a little expensive, but the Sony Vaio Y11M1E/S is an excellent, well-equipped ultra-portable laptop with stunning battery life.

£628 inc VAT
Gigabyte Booktop M1305C
Gigabyte Booktop M1305C review
Laptops Ultraportable laptops

The docking station and integrated optical drive make this a decent desktop replacement you can take everywhere, but it's relatively expensive and has only 2GB of RAM

£869 inc VAT
Lindy USB 2.0 & eSATA Docking & Cloning Station
Lindy USB 2.0 & eSATA Docking & Cloning Station review
PCs

Not for everyone, but if you often need to access or make copies of external disks this is essential.

£50 inc VAT
Thecus N2200 2TB NAS box
Thecus N2200 2TB review
NAS drives

Thecus' N2200 is a reasonably good NAS, but some of its features need refinement and it's too expensive at this price.

£387 inc VAT
Freecom Hard Drive Quattro 1.5TB
Freecom Hard Drive Quattro 1.5TB review
External hard drives

The 1.5TB Quattro looks great, performs well and has a variety of interfaces, but 2TB disks are available for only a few pounds more.

£137 inc VAT
Iomega iConnect
Iomega iConnect review
NAS drives

The Iomega iConnect is cheap and has some useful features, but unless you're on a strict budget or have very light file sharing needs its poor performance isn't worth putting up with.

£63 inc VAT
Cooler Master Hyper TX 3
Cooler Master Hyper TX 3 review
PCs

It's a brilliant choice if you're on a tight budget, but for a little more money you can buy a better model.

£14 inc VAT