Barry de la Rosa
Recent articles by Barry de la Rosa
PC Nextday Zoostorm 3377-4400 review
PCs
The Zoostorm is unusually capable of running 3D games at this price, but almost everything else suffers
Eclipse Matrix i25z68 review
PCsEclipse's overclocked Matrix i25z68 has a decent set of components and room for expansion, but it's outclassed by similarly priced PCs with bigger monitors and Blu-ray drives
Aria Gladiator Proteus 550 review
PCsAria's choice of an AMD processor means it can add some interesting extras, but performance suffers, power drain is excessive, and the Edge10 monitor is disappointing
CyberPower Infinity Apollo Elite review
PCsDespite a dedicated graphics card, 3D performance isn't great. The budget could have been better spent on the monitor and other components
Archos unveils Android tablets with 250GB storage and optional 3G dongle
TabletsNew 8in and 10in models run Honeycomb and include standard Android apps
Ginger 6 G6 Nexus review
PCsGinger6 has put together a decent package with the G6 Nexus, but it looks underspecified compared to other PCs at the same price
Palicomp Phoenix i5 Laser review
PCsWe can't recommend buying the Phoenix i5 Laser with its poor 22in monitor, but the PC on its own is great value - as long as you don't want to play games
CCL Little Devil review
PCsCCL's Little Devil is a cute alternative to the ponderous black boxes we're used to seeing but the tiny case won't take many upgrades and the 22in monitor is uninspiring
Arbico eXcel i2561 CS review
PCsA fast processor, large hard disk and excellent 24in monitor make the eXcel i2561 CS very good value, but there are still better deals available
HTC ChaCha review
Mobile phonesThe ChaCha is perfect for heavy Facebook users, but the small screen makes it trickier to surf the rest of the web