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August 2002 |
Top 100: Pentium 4 Processors Turn It Up a Notch Intel's new 2.53-GHz CPU with a 533-MHz system bus roars onto the track and is in virtual performance tie with AMD's best. |
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December 2003
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PC World
November 22, 2006
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The Best PC Deals Under $1000 You don't need to break the bank to buy a solid machine. Tests of 14 budget systems reveal some of today's foremost desktop bargains, starting at $489. Ajump Prive... Micro Express MicroFlex... Shuttle XPC X100... Dell Dimension E520... etc. |
PC World
January 2006
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Reliability and Service: The Best Companies to Buy From A poll on tech support and customer service indicates a trend away from phone support and movement toward web sites for better answers to questions. However, many don't like the slow response of web support. |
PC World
February 2001
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Pentium 4: Fast or Fizzle? On paper, Intel's Pentium 4 processor holds great promise. Unfortunately, our tests show that--while it is a fast processor--the Pentium 4 isn't yet as impressive as its paper trail might indicate... |
PC World
March 2005
Captain & Rebbapragada |
Cheap PCs: The Real Deals Yes, you can pay a little and get a lot: We test 8 bargain-priced PCs to find the best of the bunch ... What about bargain notebooks and Linux PCs? |
PC Magazine
September 13, 2007
Eric Griffith |
Is Tech Support Getting Worse? If your desktop, notebook, or printer heads south, will your manufacturer be able to help? People share their opinion on who is tops in tech support. |
PC World
August 20, 2007
Alan Stafford |
Small-Business PCs Give Short Shrift to Specs These business systems aren't the best values available. |
PC Magazine
August 21, 2006
Cade Metz |
The 19th Annual Reader Satisfaction Survey Whose PCs and printers are the most reliable? Who offers the best support? Users detail their experiences. Get the facts in this annual users' choice report. |
PC World
May 2003 |
Top 5 PCs Under $900 We pick the best desktop systems that won't break your budget. |
PC World
August 23, 2007
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Dell Gives Trialware the Heave-Ho Dell to get rid of trialware extras in its new Vostro line of small-business desktops and laptops. |
PC World
September 18, 2007
Jon L. Jacobi |
Junkbusters! New PCs come littered with demo ware and ads you never asked for. Does all that stuff affect performance? You bet. Here's how to get rid of the crud or avoid it in the first place. |
PC World
October 2004
David Essex |
Should Your Next PC Be a Workstation? Astute PC shoppers who see workstations following conventional desktop PCs down past the $1000 barrier are asking: Should I buy a workstation instead? |
PC World
August 15, 2002
Tom Krazit |
Dell Drops Windows From Some PCs High-volume business buyers can buy systems without OS, install their choice. |
PC World
November 29, 2007
Jeff Bertolucci |
Technology's Most (and Least) Reliable Brands Which companies can you trust? Consumers talk about their experiences with PCs, printers, cameras, routers, and more. |
PC World
December 2001
Leigh Anne Jones |
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PC World
June 1, 2000
Roberta Furger & Aoife McEvoy |
The Buying Game: Best and Worst Places to Shop for a PC Almost moment by moment, computers get cheaper, faster, more feature-rich. So why don't they get any easier to buy? Alas, figuring out where to purchase a PC remains a tricky proposition. That's true even if you happen to know exactly what system you want--and only more so if you require some assistance zeroing in on the perfect PC. |
PC Magazine
August 24, 2005
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18th Annual Reader Satisfaction Survey Readers rate more than 45,000 PCs and printers. What they said might surprise you. |
PC World
April 2006
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Media Center and Dual-Core System Prices Fall Powerful, attractively configured PCs are appearing at prices that qualify them as budget systems. HP Pavilion a1250n Desktop PC... eMachines T6420... WinBook PowerSpec Extreme 9200... Velocity Micro Vision GX... Dell Dimension E510... Amax Max 64 3200... |
PC Magazine
August 30, 2006
Michael J. Miller |
Trouble with Tech Support PCs are more reliable than they have been over the past few years, but tech support is worse than ever. |
PC Magazine
July 29, 2008
Segan & Griffith |
The Best (and Worst) Tech Support in America Find out what vendors you should buy from in the future to get the most satisfaction from your tech. |
BusinessWeek
October 10, 2005
Lee & Thornton |
Hanging Up On Dell? Gripes about tech support are on the rise, and the PC king is scrambling to upgrade. |
PC World
March 7, 2001
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September 28, 2007
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Green PCs: A First Step Energy Star 4.0-rated products can lower your energy bill and reduce the amount of pollutants in the world but by somewhat less than you might hope. |
PC Magazine
April 20, 2005
Cade Metz |
Value PCs: The Price Is Right There was a time when value-priced PCs/notebooks meant cheap, weak, and flimsy systems. But not anymore. Polywell Poly 2800NF2-MX... Averatec AV3270-EE1... Dell Inspiron 6000... Dell Dimension 4700... etc. |
PC World
November 30, 2007
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PC World
April 2005
Anush Yegyazarian |
Intel Revs Centrino Notebooks Platform enhancements don't drastically boost performance, but very well could in future laptops. |
PC World
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Kirk Steers |
FX-60 Powers Fastest PCs Record benchmark scores show that AMD-based systems continue to deliver top performance. |
PC World
January 29, 2008
Jon L. Jacobi |
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PC World
June 2006
Narasu Rebbapragada |
New Power System Sets Performance Record Xi's MTower 64 AGL-SLI is the fastest PC we've ever clocked, but all three newcomers to the chart have a distinctive touch. |
BusinessWeek
September 4, 2006
Byrnes, Burrows & Lee |
Dark Days At Dell The tech industry's lean, mean direct sales machine is on the fritz, and there don't seem to be any easy fixes. What gives? |
PC Magazine
July 12, 2006 |
A Hard-Drive Upgrade Headache How to supersede limits on hard drive space by Dell BIOS. |
PC World
May 1, 2001
Carla Thornton |
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PC World
July 18, 2007
Danny Allen |
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PC World
July 24, 2007
Danny Allen |
Factory Overclocking Juices Up Gaming PCs Latest reviews and tests show that even the big boys are now bringing something to the overclocking table. |
BusinessWeek
September 29, 2003 |
Michael Dell, Dell At age 38, Michael S. Dell is the master of electronic business. Now he's carrying his network magic to the next level. At a time when many tech companies are paring costs, Dell is piling on new manufacturing supply-chain technology. |
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Dell Studio XPS 435 In its Studio XPS 435, Dell provides a handsome rig that puts up good gaming and great multimedia numbers at a very competitive price. |
PC World
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Carla Thornton |
Extreme Computing Our look at specialized laptops takes us from very small to very large, with steps in between. |
PC World
April 2005
Stephanie Layton |
Dell's Confusing Tech Support A faulty power supply can often make the motherboard appear dead. So check that, first. |
PC World
July 26, 2001
Kalai Murugesan |
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Fast Company
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Bill Breen |
Living in Dell Time Dell has replaced inventory with information, and that has helped turn it into one of the fastest, most hyperefficient organizations on the planet. Here's how Dell uses speed as the ultimate competitive weapon, and why rivals may never be able to catch up. |
PC Magazine
April 6, 2004
Jim Akin |
Better Corporate PCs These top 5 solutions couple intuitive and powerful software management tools with reliable PCs. |
PC World
May 2004
Roy Santos |
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PC World
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Joel Strauch |
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