Ghost 2003 now offers a similar level of features to that of Drive Image 2002 (August 2002, page 72).

For a laser printer manufacturer, GCC has an unusual history. Formed in 1981, the company originally developed enhancements for coin-operated video games such as Ataris Missile Command and also brought us PacMan.

Disk-imaging software can be put to many varied uses, and products like Drive Image prove particularly useful in our labs when upgrading to a new hard disk or for swiftly refreshing a test system.

Not the best value, but this desktop NAS appliance offers good backup and webserver facilities.

Surely, this can't be right – a full-colour laser printer for only $1,800? You'd better believe it, The catch is that the 2300W is a GDI (graphical device interface) printer, so it doesn't have an internal processor and relies on the host system to do all the legwork in preparing the pages. Furthermore, it's parallel and USB 1.1 only and it can't accept a network card. That aside, the printer offers a fine set of features for the price. There's a 600 x 600dpi resolution with a 1,200 x 600dpi Fine ART mode, along with 4ppm colour and 16ppm mono print speeds.

The C5600n handles colour-related tasks well and at a price that makes it affordable for small businesses.

A workgroup printing workhorse that delivers classy mono and colour print quality

A workgroup laser with a good turn of speed and low running costs, but we expect better quality at this price.

An A3 colour printer with a good turn of speed, quality colour output and low running costs.

A good quality and speedy colour laser printer, but the running costs are unsettlingly high.

When Symantecs Norton Ghost 2002 was released last year, it offered few improvements, with support for Windows XP the only significant addition. Not so with Drive Image 2002.