A slightly bare but affordable media-centre board

Cheap, but there’s not much here to cheer about

ASX-listed hardware manufacturer and distributor Legend has partnered giant motherboard maker Foxconn to distribute the latter's products in Australasia and around the globe.

We've picked up on some Chinese whispering which would have us believe Apple could be about to release its very own netbook, with Foxconn Electronics chosen as the fruity toymaker's main manufacturing partner.

Up to 4.2 million to ship in first quarter, component suppliers say.

A budget case that delivers almost everything you’d want at a great price.

Order placed with Taiwanese manufacturer for 12 million units, reportsChinese press.

We recently reported that the Taiwanese rumour mill was buzzing with whispers about Foxconn building a netbook for Apple, but now Apple's COO, Tim Cook, seems to have pooh-poohed the whole notion of netbooks, calling them "junky".

We examine the features of Intel's newest chipset and review the first motherboards to use the chipset.

This early Nforce 570 for Intel board lacks luxuries and speed compared to Intel chipsets, but boasts a good price.

Upgrade to an AM2 Athlon 64 system now

Prepare to say goodbye to the Pentium as we reveal the next generation

It's the last two days of hardware heaven. Ashton Mills takes us there.

We take each week's best rumours from around the world and list them here in the Weekly Rumour Mill. This week, more companies trying netbooks, crazy takeover rumours, Apple cutting prices, and a PSP redesign.

AMD hopes the chipset it launched this morning, the 760G platform, will be one of the cheapest chipsets around capable of DirectX 10 and full OpenGL 2 graphics.

Plus, how we work out the ratings.

A great choice for overclockers, but the vast majority of people should buy a cheaper motherboard and better CPU.

Packed with extras to target some of Vista’s interesting new features, but it isn’t quite the marvel we were hoping for.