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Rick Rizner, John Goddard
Thanks to a very nicely designed set of front button controls, Chem USA's $1769 ChemBook 2070 may be one of the best combination laptop/standalone media players I've seen. Press the power/mode button once, and the system conveniently defaults to CDs; pop in a disc with the lid closed, and you can listen to pretty good stereo sound through the front-mounted speakers. (There is no subwoofer, unfortunately.) Press the button again, and the unit launches an MP3 player; press it a third time to access the Instant On Media Player software. (Press it one too many times, though, and you'll accidentally boot Windows.) Another blue-hued knockoff of...