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| HP Photosmart A626 | Canon Pixma Pro9500 | Lexmark X3550 |
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Price
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| $179.99 | $720.00 - $996.00 | $74.00 - $110.00 |
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| USB | USB | USB |
LCD Preview Screen
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| Yes | No | No |
Input Capacity
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| 20 Sheets | 20 Sheets | 100 Sheets |
Overall Rating
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Reasoning
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| A dedicated photo printer, the HP Photosmart A626 is a small step up for HP. The newest feature this time around? A mini LCD touch screen that makes your home printer feel like a mini photo kiosk. This screen makes it easier than ever to grab photos from your computer, directly from your camera, or straight from the memory card! Any downsides? You can get better quality colour-wise with some of the more expensive models, but for this price, it deserves our 4 Star rating. | This top-of-the-line printer from Canon may seem a little bulky to stick in just any corner, and for you, it might be. This alone may make it not worth the big pricetag carried by this printer. The 6-ink system works well for most average people, but for amatuer to serious photographers, you might want to bump up your purchase a couple levels. The bulky size, balanced with the big price, knock this printer down to 3 Stars. | Aimed at the light-duty home user, this all in one printer packs a fair bit in. It can scan, copy, and print anything you throw at it, and while the text quality isn't wonderful, the graphic quality is reasonably good. The printing speed is another good point for this printer, as is it's ability to scan and fax as a single operation. These upsides, minus the text quality, give this printer 3 Stars |
| Simpletech Portable Hard Drive | Toshiba Portable Hard Drive | Iomega UltraMax Portable Hard Drive |
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| $150.00 - $186.00 | $170.00 - $180.00 | $259.00 - $269.00 |
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Storage Capacity
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| 250 GB | 200 GB | 640 GB |
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Reasoning
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| The stylish Simpletech portable hard drive is the perfect companion for any traveller who needs the extra file space this drive offers. With ample room to back up your computer, with room to spare, this drive scores big tin the space department. Some of the only downsides are the annoying CD's it uses to backup your computer, which have been found to jam up some slot-loading drives. This adds up to a nice 3 Star Rating for the Simpletech. | 200 GB is plenty of space for the average notebook user, and this stylish drive from Toshiba delivers just that. Based loosely on the look of the Ipod and Ipod Nano, the black colour scheme and blue LED's generally match the colours of most business laptops. It comes with the award winning NTI Backup System, essentially an automatic backup system. However, nothing is perfect, so I give this drive 4 Stars. | If you thought the previous drives packed a punch, wait until you this one at work! with more than 3x the space of the Toshiba, and FireWire connections in addition to the standard USB's, this is one drive any professional user should have! You'll have to reformat the drives in order to use them with a Windows PC, but that is a small price to pay for the awesome size and speed of the Iomega UltraMax. This drive earns itself a 5 Star Rating for its sheer size and usability. |