Today's Business Woman 2/08

On the move
Go go gadget
Stay one step ahead of your competition with the latest
must-have gadgets for in the ofﬁ ce and on the go
MacBook Air
The thinnest notebook in the world, the MacBook Air is featherweight, ultra portable and undoubtedly the best laptop for business on the go.
Unlike other portable computers it still has a full-size keyboard, with adjustable backlighting – handy for use on dark planes – and a 13.3in LCD
widescreen display that boasts outstanding brightness. Like all of Apple’s newest computers,
the Air comes pre-installed with the Leopard operating system, which has plenty of
sophisticated features, including Time Machine. This allows you to replicate your operating
system and ﬁ les onto an external hard drive, so if the system dies on you, with just one
click you can restore your entire machine. Some of the Air’s best features include its time
saving multi-touch trackpad, which uses similar technology to the iPhone and allows you
to ﬂ ick through applications and documents with just a gesture on the mouse pad. In
addition, despite the Air being just 4mm at its thinnest point and thin enough to ﬁ t into a
manila envelope, its modern solid-state hard drive makes it surprisingly durable – it can take
a few knocks and still last a few years longer then a normal laptop. The Air comes in either
1.6GHz or 1.86GHz format with Intel’s Core 2 Duo processor and a slightly small 2GB of
RAM. Its low-voltage processor and incredibly low use of power means it can deal with a
heavy workload.
Apple (from £1299) store.apple.com/uk
Dell Vostro 220s
Dell has always produced sturdy, cost-effective and reliable desktop PC’s. The new Vostro
220s model with its slim, sleek and glossy design is the perfect space-saving solution for
small to medium businesses. It’s also extremely light, weighing in at just 17.6lbs, which
makes it easier for installation purposes. It boasts the latest Intel single and dual core
processors, up to 4GB of speedy 800MHz system memory and a huge system storage
capacity with up to 1TB of hard drive space. The Vostro 220s also comes refreshingly free
of bloatware, with just the crucial security software ﬁ tted. Many add-on software options
are available from processors and graphic cards to optical drive, this slim tower has the
capability to become a powerful unit; alternatively keep it as a non-pricey, dependable tool
for your business.
Dell (from £219) dell.com
Vodafone USB stick pro second, which means you can download before you can say “mobile broadband”.
Trying to get a fast, constant, internet large ﬁ les at high speed from a stronger Vodafone (free with a 12-month contract at £12.77
connection to your laptop when you’re out signal. Complete with a Micro SD slot which a month) online.vodafone.co.uk
of the ofﬁ ce can often leave you tearing allows you to shift ﬁ les between PC’s, Macs
your hair out. The Vodafone USB modem and phone. It’s much smaller than the Pebble
stick pro with HSDPA support has the edge 3G adapter and comes supplied with a USB
over previous 3G adapters, which simply extender cable, as otherwise it may render
connected to the 3G mobile network. your other USB ports unusable. Installation
Instead, this crafty device has a top is simple; XP and Vista users will ﬁ nd that it
download speed of 7.2 megabits per installs automatically, so you’ll be connected
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