Economy Class & Beyond

Apple prepares to move away from Intel. Should you wait or buy?

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It's that most glorious time of the year for the Apple faithful, with them kicking off their World Wide Developers Conference (or WWDC). Whilst we got news of upgrades to operating systems that power their products (iOS, iPad OS, watchOS, tvOS and macOS), there was some news that been that some have been waiting for Apple to break - the transition away from Intel to its own … [Read more...]

Travel Technology: H96 MAX TV streaming box

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Time for some more travel technology - and this one bit of technology if you're  stuck at home. This time I’m looking at the H96 MAX Android TV streaming box.  Today's review item - the H96 MAX Why I do want one? It’s rather simple. I’ll be honest, I’ve switched on my main TV about... 5 times this year until I brought this box. Considering … [Read more...]

Travel Technology: Apple iPhone SE (2020 Edition)

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Time for a Travel Technology piece... one admittedly I didn't want to write, this time focusing on the Apple iPhone SE (2020 edition). Price as reviewed: £469 Configuration: (Product)Red, 128Gb storage Why do you need yet another phone? (Yes. I can hear my mother say this, far away...) I've been daily-driving an Apple iPhoneXS for the past year and a half … [Read more...]

Travel Technology Review: The Microsoft Surface Laptop 3

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Time for another bench test and review - this time featuring the Microsoft Surface Laptop 3. The subject of our discussion today. This is going to be a very much “hands-on” review rather than full of benchmarks (although there will be a Cinebench run for entertainment's sake). What is it? The Surface laptop is the mid-high level end device from the … [Read more...]

Travel Technology Review: The Microsoft Surface Go

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It's nice sometimes to have different bits of kit to review - and today, I have the Microsoft Surface Go which I'm taking a look at today. Microsoft Surface Go with TypeCover and Surface Pen So let's dive into it and see what's what. A Surface Go? What's that when its at home? The Surface Go is the entry-level version of the Microsoft Surface line of tablet/laptop … [Read more...]

Building out a new storage platform – Let’s build a new Drobo 5N2

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Let's build a new Drobo 5N2 Building out a new storage platform My name is Kevin and I'm a serial storage hoarder The New Drobo 5N2 build out Getting the data over (or how I learned to love ROBOCOPY) Backup and such. ... and a media injection machine? Building out a computer or a server can be a pleasurable thing. It can also be downright annoying if … [Read more...]

Building out my next generation image storage (Featuring Drobo 5N2)

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Building out the Economy Class and Beyond Next Generation storage (Featuring Drobo 5N2) My name is Kevin and I'm a serial storage hoarder The New Drobo build out Getting the data over (or how I learned to love ROBOCOPY) Backup and such. ... and a media injection machine? Welcome to a very different type of write-up and report - where I look into something … [Read more...]