Swimming in the sea ot' motherboards, laptops, portable gadgets and other stimulating technology gear has always beenexciting. It all started with the juicy Apple MacBook Pro. The all-new design with a slicker keyboard and trackpad make it look sexy! Its pristine performance is courtesy a 45 nm Core 2 Duo processor powered at 2.53 GHz with 6 MB L2 cache, and 4 GB DDR3 RAM, it even supports hybrid graphics. So when not playing games, you can switch from the discrete to on-board graphics to increase power efficiency. Our next toy, the MSI GX 400X shares a similar configuration with the exception of a little downscaling. It is built around the Intel 45Express chipset and is powered by the Intel Mobile Core 2 Duo P7350, 2.00 GHz. While we rant about features, let's also include the EP45-DS3L motherboard. It belongs to the group of P45-based motherboards, which Gigabyte manufactures.

Apart from good performance and features, it also offers credible durability. The board uses energy-saving technology to efficiently switch the power between different phases and across subsystems. it has geeky-looking LEOs that indicate power status of each phase. Power users can make good use of a ridiculously spacious hard drive, the new Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.B offers just that. With near-supreme performance and 1 TB of space, it's an excellent pick for an HTPC or a gaming machine. Gamers may further rejoice, for we also toyed with the Logitech MX55QO Revolution and the CoolerMaster HAF 932. The former is a killer-looking combo of a wireless keyboard and mouse, and the latter is a hard core gamer's PC case which is full of expansion bays and oversized fans.

The Philips GoGear SA5245 can be thrown into your gear bag, so that you can enjoy music, pictures, videos, audio recording and much more on the go. Streaming music wirelessly is its striking feature. Here's another friend for long hauls, the Canon PowerShot A20001S. This latest addition to the Canon PowerShot A-series is quite a charmer. It features a 10 MP sensor and is an advanced point and shoot camera.