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Dialogue Box 5.5: The Mac at 25

There's a world of difference between a 1984 Macintosh and a 2009 iMac. Dialogue Box compares the specs, and summarises its findings in the currency it knows best: the price of a pint of beer

Published: 23 Jan 2009 12:12 GMT

Tags: Macintosh, Box, Findings, Compares

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Dialogue Box 5.1: 'I can't believe it's not Vista'

Dialogue Box 5.1: 'I can't believe it's not Vista'

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Dialogue Box 5.2: Building a Nehalem testbed

Dialogue Box 5.2: Building a Nehalem testbed

Watch a state-of-the-art desktop PC appear before your very eyes as Rupert and Charles assemble a Core i7 system from a kit of Intel parts more

Dialogue Box 5.3: Solid-state disk torture test

Dialogue Box 5.3: Solid-state disk torture test

Last year Dialogue Box showed that radiation could affect data-transfer rates on solid-state disks. How does the latest generation of products stand up to a similar zapping? Rupert and Charles don the lead-lined lab coats... more

Dialogue Box 5.4: Touchscreens feel our pain

Dialogue Box 5.4: Touchscreens feel our pain

Apple's competitors are trying to sprinkle some iPhone magic on their smartphones, with frankly mixed results. Rupert and Charles examine four contenders using the 'SwearMark' test more

Dialogue Box 5.5: The Mac at 25

Dialogue Box 5.5: The Mac at 25

There's a world of difference between a 1984 Macintosh and a 2009 iMac. Dialogue Box compares the specs and summarises its findings in the currency it knows best: the price of a pint of beer more

Dialogue Box 5.6: When power goes bad Video icon

Dialogue Box 5.6: When power goes bad Video icon

What happens when a power surge delivers more volts and amps than your electrical equipment can handle? Dialogue Box pushes a capacitor to the limit — and beyond — to find out more

Dialogue Box 5.7: A projector in the hand

Dialogue Box 5.7: A projector in the hand

Take a DLP chip and combine it with a low-power LED lamp and you have a projection engine that can run off battery power and fit in a smartphone-sized case. Dialogue Box takes a peek at the new world of pico projectors more

Dialogue Box 5.8: Return of the Axis of Awesome

Dialogue Box 5.8: Return of the Axis of Awesome

What do a netbook, an ultraportable, a smartphone, a pico projector and a weird videophone have in common? All have been examined by Dialogue Box and consigned to their places on the Axis of Awesome more

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