May 1996




News

New notebooks; MS issues piracy writ; Which? Taxcalc 96; Acer Aspire; 2Gb hard disks; Poser; new Toshiba notebooks; Miro multimedia cards; fractal compression on web; Director 5

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Up Front reviews

Encarta World Atlas; 3D Blaster; Toshiba TF 461; Uninstaller 3 for Win; Mesh Classic 133; Danmere Backer; CTX EzBook Gold 586; Illuminatus 3; TA Gabriele Inkwriter II; Gamma Unitype; PlanIT Business Plan 2; Mitac 5021; Time/system Tasktimer 3

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In Brief reviews

McAfee Webscan; Goldstar Studioworks 56m; Homewise; Laplink for Win 95; Nikon Coolscan II; Umax Vista-56E; Visioneer Paperport Vx; Superscape VRT 4; Easy-to-learn Windows 95; Suretrak 1.5

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Software awards

Windows 95*; Dr Solomon's Toolkit; Powerdesk; MS Word 7*; Lotus Word Pro; Corel Wordperfect 6.1; Lotus 1-2-3 r5*; Corel Quattro Pro; MS Excel; Quicken CD-Rom 4*; MS Money; Money Manager PE v5; Corel Draw 6*; Visio 4; Designworks 3; Photoshop 3.05*; Paintshop Pro; Dabbler 2; Claris Works 4*; MS Works 4 Win 95; Wordperfect Works 2; Approach 3*; Access 7; Paradox Win 95; Netscape 2*; WinCim 2.01; Winfax Lite 4; MS 3D Movie Maker*; Living Books; Encarta 96; Duke Nukem 3D*; Actua Soccer; Hi-Octane; PagePlus Home/Office*; MS Publisher 3; GSP Pressworks 2.02

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Integrated software

Ability Win; Clarisworks 4*; Compuworks Office 2; Microsoft Works 4; Mini Office 2.1; PFS Windowworks 2; Toplevel Complete Works 2; Wordperfect Works 2

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Sub-£1,900 notebooks

IBM Thinkpad 345C; Samsung Sens 800; Twinhead Slimnote 875CX; Evesham Vale Voyager II; Olivetti Echos P75; Obodex Mediapro; Watford Aries Perfecta; Zenith Z-note MX*

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Family multimedia PCs

Mesh Classic 75; Carrera Panther P75; Zenith Z-Station LC; Tulip Universa; NCPC Easy PC; Adamson Danio 100*; Gateway 2000 P5-100; Pep EX5100; Panther Prowler; Brother Solo

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Question Time

Notebooks and metal detectors; scanning and printing B&W photos; connecting sound card and CD player; Win 95 startup files

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Computer class

Making the most of your modem, part 2 [WG]

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Comment

Tim Nott on how he got into computers [TN]

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After Hours

Beavis and Butt-Head; Duke Nukem 3D; Expect No Mercy; 11th Hour; Critical Mass; Grolier Encyclopaedia of Science Fiction

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Cover CD

Arcadia: Darkseed II; Toshenden; Quake Deathmatch Test; Shockwave Assault; Trap Shooting Pro; Backlash; Flynn Sprint; Awale; Windom; French Cinema; Dream On 3D; Freestyle; GPSS; DrawPlus & PagePlus; Mesh Paint 3D; Agenda; Econ's Arena; Disk Image; FxEdit; Icon Extractor; Loupe; Mod4Win; Hot Metal; Gif Construction Kit; Diamond graphic drivers for Win 95; Expotel Pages; Transmedia Pages; What PC? Pages; Worldscope Internet access; Drag and View; Sound Event Editor; Sticky Notes; The Drums Professional

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Competition

Tulip Universa multimedia PC; PagePlus Home Office

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