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PCRetail ISSUE 47 AUGUST 2007 27 41 51 PCRETAIL CONTACTS Editor Scott Bicheno scott.bicheno@intentmedia.co.uk Staff Writer Ben Furfie ben.furfie@intentmedia.co.uk Production Editor Samantha Loveday samantha.loveday@intentmedia.co.uk Managing Editor Lisa Foster lisa.foster@intentmedia.co.uk Advertising Manager Katie Rawlings katie.rawlings@intentmedia.co.uk REGULARS 5 News 14 PCA 16 Appointments 18 Indie Profile 20 Agony Uncle: Problems Solved FEATURES 23 The Big Interview: Ingram Micro 27 Hot Topic: Margin Makers 31 Sector Guide: Broadband 37 Logic 3 interview 41 The Education Channel 45 Product Focus: Top-end Kit 51 Reference Software 55 Sector Guide: Networking 61 In-car Technology 65 Microsoft’s ABU 67 Mid range AMD card overview 70 Notes From The Frontline FACTS AND FIGURES 73 Plug and Play 75 Games Releases 76 GFK Analysis 79 Hardware Charts 82 Software Charts MARKETPLACE 85-113 WIN A MICROSOFT WINDOWS DESKTOP SOLUTION FROM INGRAM MICRO 58-59 Advertising Executive Carly Bailey carly.bailey@intentmedia.co.uk Production Manager Suzanne Powles suzanne.powles@intentmedia.co.uk Designer James Martin james.martin@intentmedia.co.uk PUBLISHER: 01992 535646 Stuart Dinsey stuart.dinsey@intentmedia.co.uk EDITORIAL: 01992 535646 ADVERTISING: 01992 535647 FAX: 01992 535648 PC Retail - Total average monthly net circulation for January 1st to December 31st 2006: 11,796. Intent Media is a member of the Periodical Publishers Associations PC Retail is published 12 times a year by Intent Media - Saxon House, 6a St.Andrew Street, Hertford, Hertfordshire SG14 1JA Fax: +44 (0)1992 535648. © Intent Media 2007 No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form or by any means without prior permission of the copyright owners. Printed by Pensord. SUBSCRIPTIONS UK: £50 Europe: £60 Rest of World: £90. The international cost applies per subscription and covers airmail dispatch of 12 issues. To order your subscription via Visa, MasterCard, Amex Switch or Delta contact pcr.subscriptions@c-cms.com or call 01580 883848. Alternatively visit our website www.pcretailmag.com Subscriptions Manager: Hannah Short, Hannah.Short@intentmedia.co.uk ISSN:1742-8440 What’s the problem? A COMMON THREAD running through this month’s issue, and indeed many prior to this, is the concept of solutions. For as long as I can remember members of the technology industry have been proclaiming, to the point of cliché, that they are “solution providers, not box shifters,” the inference being that they do more than simply pile ‘em high and sell ‘em cheap. Probably the biggest single driver of this tendency has been the Internet, which has allowed the likes of Amazon to pile ‘em higher and sell ‘em cheaper than ever before. This left everyone else having to either follow suit or justify not doing so. The Internet has made retail either follow suit or justify why it hasn’t done so Which brings us to the solutionsell. Most people haven’t taken the time to suss out how technology works. This is where retailers come to the rescue; offering their knowledge and judgement to ensure they make the right choice for them. So this month we see Commodore present its mobile content solution (p6), Sony unveil its new laptop retail concept, designed to help consumers relate their lifestyle to the kind of laptop they need (p7). Further on we have an exclusive interview with Bhavesh Patel, commercial director at Ingram Micro (p23). It seems that solution selling is a key feature of Ingram’s business, with the many uses of digital storage getting particular attention in the interview. One conclusion was that network attached storage is of growing importance as domestic wireless networks become more widespread. I take a look at home networking on p55 and find that any retailer that can do an effective ‘solution’ sell on a home network could be unearthing a goldmine. One of the things that has always intrigued me about the use of the word solution is that, grammatically at least, it presupposes that there is an existing problem the solution solves. I guess if there is a problem in this instance, it’s the oldest one of all: how do I make more money? Scott Bicheno Scott.Bicheno@intentmedia.co.uk DEMAND THE BEST. INSIST ON FREECOM. DataTank Gateway WLAN Network enabled external hard drive Store & access MP3 and Video files anywhere in the world Connect using wireless for home networking Impressive 1000GB of data storage! Built-in protection and security! Call for pricing For full details on products, prices and current offers, call our sales team on 01423 704 700 WWW.FREECOM.COM PCRetail July 3
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