First post, by EscapeVelocity
10th Annual Best Buys of the Year - Readers Pick the Top Products
Just got this in the mail today.
I post up some scans and info later.
10th Annual Best Buys of the Year - Readers Pick the Top Products
Just got this in the mail today.
I post up some scans and info later.
Scans of those big door stoppers? GOOD LUCK.
Not the whole thing! 🤣!
🙄
Zeos
Micron
AST
EPS
ABS
USA Flex
Acer
Royal
US Computer
Vecktron
Quantex
Zenon
Insight
Maximus
Midwest Micro
Compaq
Dell
Packard Bell
Computer Discount Warehouse
Computability
Tiger Direct
TC Computers
NECX Direct
PC Zone
Sunshine Computers
Dirt Cheap Drives
Sound Blaster AWE32 $150 to $200
Matrox Millenium $200 2MB, $300 4MB, $400 8MB
Gateway 2000 was a huge favorite of the readers of this magazine...and hugely popular in 1995-1996.
Best Pentium Desktop PC
Gateway 2000 P5-133XL
Best 486 Desktop PC
Gateway DX2-66 Family PC
Best Multimedia PC
Gateway 2000 Multimedia P5-120 Family PC
Best Portable PC
IBM Thinkpad 701C & 701CS
Best Network Server
Micron Electronics P133 Powersever SMP
Best Monitor
Mag Innovision DX17F
Best Video Playback Card
Diamond Multimedia Stealth64 Video 2000 & 3000
Best Graphics Board
Diamond Multimedia Stealth64 Graphics 2200XL
Best CD Rom Drive
NEC Multispin 6XI
Best Sound Board
Creative Labs Sound Blaster AWE32
Best Fax Modem
US Robotics Sportster 28.8 V.34 Data/Fax Modem (External)
Best Hard Drive
Western Digital Caviar AC31600 (1.6 GB IDE)
Best Color Printer
Epson Stylus Color
Best Laser Printer
Hewlitt Packard LaserJet 5P
Best Color Scanner
Hewlitt Packard ScanJet 3C
Best Multimedia Upgrade Kit
Creative Labs Sound Blaster Performance (Sound Blaster 32, Creative 4x CD-ROM, Creative Speakers)
Best OS
Microsoft Windows 95
Best Internet Sign On Kit
America Online 2.5 for Windows
Best Game Software
Doom II
wrote:Gateway 2000 was a huge favorite of the readers of this magazine...and hugely popular in 1995-1996.
I bought a Gateway P5-133XL (Christmas edition) around that time-frame. It was my first Windows PC. I still use the machine today...with a different motherboard and upgrades, of course. The only thing I regret about the purchase, is that I reformatted the hard drive too quickly, and lost some of the unique software and "extras" that were factory pre-installed (I had not backed up like I should have). But on the positive side, the format got rid of some "junk" programs that had slowed the computer a bit. Those early "Win95" days were a challenge to keep your system from getting screwed up or getting the "Blue Screen o' Death" if you were a "Gamer" installing a wide variety of games.
Those were the Golden Days of PC clone companies. (it left a soft spot in my heart for Gateways...I'm typing this post on a NICE Gateway P-7805u laptop right now!)
Once you try retrogaming, you'll never go back...