AAA COMPUTER: CWS SUPERPRO S3
The CWS SuperPro S3 has some very nice components under the hood: its equipped with the fastest Athlon XP in this months crop (a 2100+), 512MB of PC2100 DDR and an 80GB HDD.
Beyond: Web Power
The Web Powers attempt to look futuristic, with its silver and pastel-blue colour scheme doesnt quite pay off, and it ends up looking a little tacky and cheap instead.
CORELDRAW GRAPHICS SUITE 11 BETA
A powerful high-end suite with a lot of potential. Make sure you have a high-end system to run it as the listed system requirements are
very optimistic.
CREATIVE NOMAD JUKEBOX 3
With solid-state media still expensive and offering limited capacity, MP3 players with hard disks seem like the perfect solution.
DELL DIMENSION 4500
This system is one of the most well-rounded and pleasurable-to-use PCs of the bunch, thanks to quality peripherals and handy features, like front-mounted USB and headphone ports.
EMAGEN: ESSENTIA XP 2000+
Emagens offering was the fastest PC overall this month.
HERCULES 3DProphet 9200
As it's essentially based on the older RADEON 9000 with AGP 8x, don't expect any groundbreaking performance from this GPU.
HERCULES GAMERSURROUND MUSE 5.1 DVD
To please audiophiles on a budget at $80 its one of the cheapest surround-capable cards available.
HITACHI PD32-A2100
HITACHI PD32-A2100
PANASONIC EWEAR SV-SD80
Excellent audio with a cool factor.
Sony CliePEGNR70VG
Data input is one of the biggest issues many people have with PDAs, and while stylus handwriting recognition and Graffiti dont take long to learn, they can be difficult to master, and cant compare to typing on a keyboard.
SONY SUPER QUICK CHARGER
The Super Quick Charger from Sony is not the most esoteric or exciting of products, but it is one that could prove to be a Godsend in a sticky situation.
Top value PCs
It's been a damn long time since PC Authority Labs team last saw the beanches lined end to end with PCs, but finally the time is ripe for some good ol' PC action.
TOSHIBA E740 POCKET PC
The Toshiba e740 Pocket PC is the third PDA from Toshiba released in the past year, and is targeted at the business user. This does not mean its a bland PDA, as it is the fastest on the market thanks to its 400MHz Intel Xscale processor.