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PC Authority Issue: September, 2005

Australia's premier computer magazine, PC Authority gives you the facts, opinions and insight to make informed PC and tech purchasing decisions.

Issue: 94  |  September, 2005

What's in this issue


Articles in this issue

Acer Ferrari 4005WLMI
Acer and AMD are both sponsors of the Ferrari F1 team, and the relationship extends well beyond simply slapping each others logos on respective products.

Altech Maestro Pro
Altech's Maestro Pro is a Home Theatre PC based on Microsoft's Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005.

Astaro Security Linux V6
Astaro Security Linux turns any PC with the right hardware in to a dedicated firewall and router system with minimal fuss.

ASUS PM17TS
It was the ASUS' dirt cheap price tag which immediately caught our eye, it's just a shame that the overall performance couldn't deliver.

Battlefield 2
Online multiplayer combat from the big guns at EA.

Benq FP71V+
The FP71V+ is a17 inch, 8ms display but it uses some techno-voodoo called Advanced Motion Acceleration to achieve a 5ms grey to grey response time and improve motion performance.

Digital Star PowerNote Z71V
Not all multimedia notebooks have to weigh in around the $5000 mark. Digital Star’s 15.4in widescreen PowerNote Z71V offers very good value for money for a laptop sporting a 2GHz Pentium M, 1GB of RAM and a 128MB NVIDIA GeForce Go 6600 graphics chip.

Fantastic Four
It wouldn’t be right for a new superhero movie to go by without an accompanying videogame, and Fantastic Four is no exception.

FIC Spectra
FIC’s Spectra is a slick, quiet, living-room friendly unit.

GeCube ATI RADEON X800 XL D3
Anyone with $400 to spend on a graphics card should currently be looking at a RADEON X800 XL. It boasts the same 16 pipelines as an X800 XT, and also packs 256MB of GDDR3 memory to boot.

IBM Thinkvision L171P
This monitor aced many of our image quality tests, handling fine colour transitions with ease and producing sharp images.

ITC Millennia 7350
Any way you look at it, ITC’s Millennia 7350 is a monster.

LG Flatron Slim L1980Q
If you're looking for something arty to adorn a corporate front desk or shop counter the LG stands out from the crowd.

Optima Centoris W259
Everybody, who hasn’t already got one, wants a decent laptop.

Philips 190S6
We simply can't expect people to pay this much for an analog-only display with little going for it.

Polyview V372
With a price tag this low, the Polyview had a great advantage before undergoing our tests.

Samsung Syncmaster 930BF
The 930BF started our tests well, narrowly winning the best gaming display in our eye-straining midnight shoot-out.

Sony SDM-HS75P
Here's a monitor that would look at home on an executive desktop.

Special offer for PCA readers
Queensland developer Safe Off Site are running a beta test for a clever new tool allowing you to back up your files online, and PCA readers are invited to participate in the beta trial!

Stripy Music Studio speakers
Looking as good as they sound, the Stripy Music Studio speakers could be your iPod's best mate.

Superfast LCD screens tested!
Out with the inches, in with the speed. PCA puts nine of the best LCDs through their paces.

ViewSonic VX924
ViewSonic's VX924 panel has one of the lowest quoted response time yet, at 4ms.

What's on the disc

PC Authority Issue: 94

Notice to all subscribers: Please be aware that the CD for the September issue of PC Authority will be posted separately from the magazine this month.

 

LP Recorder v5.0

Looking for an easy way to convert your old vinyl LPs into a digital format? LP Recorder has been designed specifically for the job. All you need to do is connect the tape or line output from your stereo to the line input of your sound card, enter a filename, select the input and press record. LP recorder automatically adjusts recording levels to avoid distortion and can also detect and prevent skipping and clipping. You can then use your favourite software package to burn the resulting WAV file to a CD or convert it to MP3.

BITDEFENDER 8 PROFESSIONAL PLUS*

Protecting your computer from malicious software requires more than just good antivirus software. Firewalls have become a requirement as well as a good spam filtering program. BitDefender 8 Professional Plus bundles all of the above into a single package to help keep your computer protected from an assortment of threats.

SURROUND SCM 3.1.3*

Surround SCM is a change management utility designed to solve the problems of code updating. Easily view the source code modifications you’ve made over time, and revert to a previous version if your fix doesn’t work out. The program minimises any hassle by integrating with popular development tools like Visual Studio, JBuilder, Eclipse, WebSphere, CodeWarrior, Dreamweaver and others. Surround SCM can integrate with TestTrack Pro to form an ideal way to manage your next software development project.

EAST-TEC ERASER 2005 BASIC EDITION*

Need to get rid of sensitive information? With East-Tec Eraser you can securely delete files and folders from your computer. An intuitive interface makes selecting files easy, you can even drag and drop files directly from Windows Explorer. Once your files are selected, it’s just a matter of comfirming your selection and the selected files will be no more.



TESTTRACK PRO 731.1*

No matter how much time you spend, it’s inevitable that your final applications will contain bugs. TestTrack Pro is a powerful client/server application that can track bugs, change requests, feature requests and more. It integrates with all the popular source code control tools, including Microsoft Visual SourceSafe, ClearCase, Perforce, CVS, PVCS, StarTeam, CS-RCS and SourceOffSite Classic. If you don’t have those, then try Seapine’s own Surround SCM, which is also on this months discs.

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