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We review four network attached storage (NAS) appliances designed to ease the storage load on your servers and the workload on your admins.
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The P4 strikes us as a good, reliable machine with plenty of features. Despite its conservative appearance there is modern technology inside, providing solid performance.
This tiny 1kg notebook may be too small for many people to use effectively, but it's a triumph of design and engineering. The only hefty thing about it is the price tag.
Despite nice features, the NEC LCD1770NX comes up short, due to middling image quality.
Want to turn a stack of business cards into a well-connected contacts database? Corex's CardScan Executive 600cx is an ideal if somewhat pricey solution.
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