Watch out, all you top-of-the-line gazelles. Micron's cheetah has an unbeatable combination of price and performance. Though it came in second on most runs (fourth on the VideoCraft swirl and morph), this 166 MHz Pentium placed first in raw speed and first overall. Was that an Achilles' heel we saw when the Millennia failed to play Waldo at all and ran Rebel Assault only in low-resolution mode? Well, perhaps more a stubbed toe. But other weaknesses were also evident. Several competing systems offer more installed RAM (the Millennia has only 16MB). Others have more graphics RAM (the Micron has only 2MB). Only three systems had smaller hard drives (this minitower has 1.2 GB). And the Micron was one of only three with a 15-inch monitor. Then how did this speedy minitower manage to rank first overall? By offering dazzling performance-the best in this review-at a fantastic price-the lowest in the roundup. And what a sweet deal: In addition to maximum power, you get a top-notch Teac 6X CD-ROM drive, wave-table sound, and great Jensen speakers. Another plus is Micron's recent change in its service and support policy. In the past the company provided only a one-year warranty, but that number just got its clock revved, too. The new policy is one year on-site for parts and labor; during the second and third years, parts only; during the fourth and fifth year, the CPU and RAM remain covered (and they're certainly the most expensive components on board). As to bundled software, extra points were earned by the inclusion of Microsoft Office Professional-on its own a $500 value. This machine deserves special acknowledgment: Because it scorches the track at a bargain price, we name it a Multimedia World All-Star.
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