PC & Tech Authority Magazine Issue: July, 2009
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Issue: 140 | July, 2009

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Australia's premier computer magazine, PC Authority gives you the facts, opinions and insight to make informed PC and tech purchasing decisions. Every issue is packed with the latest products, reviewed by an expert team of technical writers and guarantees more Aussie exclusives and first looks than any other Australian PC magazine.

Trusted for its reliable & objective product reviews, the foundation of the magazine is the comprehensive and thorough evaluations of every product tested by the tech team in our Labs. Its readers are both PC enthsusiasts at home and small-medium business decision makers at work.

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In the July issue of PC Authority, on sale from today:

Best Broadband Deals
The big hurdle for anyone wanting more TV and movie downloads is the price of broadband, and big download quotas. We’ve covered some major speed increases and impressive deals offering 50 gigabytes a month or more in this month’s broadband feature.



HD TV Buyer's Guide
The promise of new digital channels and enhanced features offers the perfect excuse to upgrade to a flat screen HD TV. We explain how to get a fantastic picture without breaking the bank.
 

9 Laser Printers On Test
Whatever your printer needs, whether it be a reliable work horse printer for your home or a workhorse for your office, it's clear that $300 is all that you need for a fast, feature-packed laser printer. We've reviewed ten low-cost lasers to find out which is best


Tested: 20 High Capacity Drives
Because you can never have too much storage, this month we’ve also conducted a big labs test of the best internal hard disks. We’ve put twenty under the microscope, and their shiny new successors, solid-state drives (SSD). SSD is touted as the world’s fastest storage - though our benchmarks found some interesting holes in that claim.

 

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Articles in this issue

40 CPUs tested for budget, mid-range and gaming PCs

From Celerons to Core i7s, Semprons to Phenom IIs, David Bayon tests Mainsteam desktop processors and finds the best budget, mid-range and enthusiast (gaming) choice for you.

Apple Mac Pro, a thing of beauty that almost no-one can justify

A beautifully designed, powerful system that almost no-one will be able to justify buying. If your IT department can find the budget to put a new Mac Pro on your desktop, you're lucky indeed

Apple MacBook Pro 17in, the grandaddy of Apple laptops reviewed

The design is impeccable, the build superb and the screen extraordinary, but the price is a huge barrier. We ponder the icon that is the Macbook Pro 17in

ATI Radeon HD 4890, superb performance at a reasonable price

ATI does it again with its latest GPU, combining superb performance with a reasonable price

AVG Internet Security 8.5, the popular favourite maintains its edge

A new behavioural analysis module only adds to AVG’s capabilities, although it isn’t the most elegant marriage

Benq Joybook Lite U101, steams into the front-running for cheap 10.2in netbooks

It's not widely available, but with this battery life on offer the BenQ Joybook Lite U101 should be

Nvidia Ion: the missing piece of the netbook puzzle?

Nvidia’s remix of the popular netbook platform lends Intel’s stripped-down Atom some added Graphical clout. We test the technology to see how it performs

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