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Tables of Contents for Computer Buying Guide 1999
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
INTRODUCTION
4
3
GLOSSARY
7
3
COMPUTERS
10
32
HOME & SMALL OFFICE COMPUTERS
11
14
Compaq Presario 4860
NEC Direction SP E333
Gateway Destination Digital Media Computer D6-300
Dell Dimension XPS D333
Quantex QP6/300 M-4X
Packard Bell Platinum 5200
Apple Power Macintosh G3
BUSINESS/HIGH-POWERED COMPUTERS
25
6
Gateway 2000 Enterprise E-3110 333
NEC Direction SP B350
Compaq DeskPro 4000
PORTABLE COMPUTERS
31
6
Gateway Solo 2300 SE
IBM ThinkPad 310ED
Toshiba Satellite Pro 480CDT
NEC Versa 6230
Dell Inspiron 3200
Brother GeoBook NB-80C
PERSONAL DIGITAL ASSISTANTS (PDAs)
37
5
Palm Computing Palm III
NEC MobilePro 700
Franklin Electronic Publishing REX
Philips Velo 500
Texas Instruments Avigo 10
PERIPHERALS
42
37
DATA STORAGE DEVICES
43
5
Iomega Ditto Max Professional
SyQuest SparQ
Plextor PlexWriter 4/12
Iomega Zip Plus
VIDEO CARDS
48
5
Diamond Stealth II S220
ATI All-in-Wonder Pro
Diamond Monster 3D II
STB Velocity 128
MONITORS
53
5
Sony Multiscan GDM-400PS
Princeton Graphics Systems EO90
ViewSonic GS771
NEC MultiSync A700
MODEMS
58
4
Com Courier V. Everything
Global Village TelePort 56 for Macintosh
Diamond Multimedia SupraExpress 56e
PRINTERS
62
7
Canon BJC-7000
NEC SuperScript 1260
Hewlett Packard LaserJet 6L
Lexmark 5700 Color Jetprinter
Hewlett Packard DeskJet 1120C
Minolta Page Works 6e
DIGITAL CAMERAS
69
5
Kodak DC-210
Sony Digital Mavica FD-7
Epson PhotoPC 600
Olympus D-320L
ENTERTAINMENT HARDWARE
74
5
Microsoft Side Winder Force Feedback Pro
Thrustmaster NASCAR Pro Racing Wheel
Cambridge SoundWorks PC Works
Creative Labs Encore Dxr2
SOFTWARE
79
OPERATING ENVIRONMENTS
80
5
Microsoft Windows 98
Macintosh Operating System 8.1
COMMUNICATIONS SOFTWARE
84
1
E-MAIL SOFTWARE
85
2
HotMail
Qualcomm Eudora Pro 4.0
TELECOMMUNICATIONS SOFTWARE
87
2
Quarterdeck Procomm Plus 32
Symantec WinFax Pro 8.0
ONLINE SERVICES
89
2
America Online
CompuServe
INTERNET SOFTWARE
91
2
INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDERS
93
2
AT&T WorldNet
Netcom
WEB BROWSERS
95
2
Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0
Netscape Communicator 4.0
HTML EDITORS
97
3
SoftQuad HoTMetal Pro 4.0
Claris Home 3.0
Microsoft FrontPage 98
SEARCH ENGINES
100
2
Yahoo
HotBot
PLUG-INS
102
2
RealNetworks RealPlayer Plus 5.0
The Learning Company Cyber Patrol 4.0
TELEPHONY/TELECONFERENCING SOFTWARE
104
4
Mirabilis ICQ
Microsoft NetMeeting 2.1
White Pine CU-SeeMe 3.1
Cybration ICUII
FINANCIAL SOFTWARE
108
4
Intuit Quicken Deluxe 98
Microsoft Money 98
Intuit QuickBooks Pro 6.0
MULTIMEDIA SOFTWARE
112
2
EDUCATION/REFERENCE SOFTWARE
114
7
Microsoft Encarta 98 Encyclopedia Deluxe
Rand McNally New Millenium World Atlas Deluxe
Encyclopedia Britannica 98 Multimedia Edition
Compton's Interactive Encyclopedia 1998 Deluxe Edition
The Learning Company BodyWorks 6.0
DK Multimedia Eyewitness Children's Encyclopedia
Sierra Driver's Education' 98
ENTERTAINMENT SOFTWARE
121
8
Electronic Arts NHL 98
LucasArts The Curse of Monkey Island
Red Orb Riven: The Sequel to Myst
Bungie's Myth: The Fallen Lords
Eidos Interactive Flight Unlimited II
MicroProse
Ultim@te Race Pro
Fox Interactive The Simpsons: Virtual Springfield
Westwood Studios Blade Runner
PRODUCTIVITY APPLICATIONS
129
3
WORD PROCESSING SOFTWARE
132
3
Microsoft Word 97
Lotus Word Pro
DESKTOP PUBLISHING SOFTWARE
135
4
Adobe PageMaker 6.5
Microsoft Publisher 98
CorelDRAW 8
Design Intelligence i publish 2.0
SPREADSHEET SOFTWARE
139
4
Microsoft Excel 97
Lotus 1-2-3
DATABASE SOFTWARE
143
2
Microsoft Access 97
Lotus Approach
PRESENTATION SOFTWARE
145
2
Microsoft PowerPoint 97
Adobe Photoshop 5.0
PERSONAL INFORMATION MANAGERS (PIMs)
147
Day-Timer Organizer 98
Symantec ACT! 3.0
Franklin-Covey Ascend 97
SUITES/INTEGRATED PACKAGES 150
Microsoft Works
Microsoft Office Professional 97
Claris Works Office 5.0
Corel WordPerfect Suite 8
UTILITIES
155
IBM ViaVoice Gold
PowerQuest Partition Magic 3.0
Symantec Norton Utilities 3.0
Dragon Naturally Speaking
Anawave WebSnake