_{Cover of the February 2004 issue of Maximum PC}

Maximum PC was my favorite computer magazine. It had a pretty long run starting as 'boot' in the late 1990s. The last issue was published just a few years ago. The February 2004 issue includes:

Regulars

• In/Out - Letters from readers about hyperthreaded Pentium 4s, batteries in iPods, benchmark scores, and more.


• Quick Start - An on-hand look at the removeable graphics card in the Alienware Area-51m laptop; Phoenix looks at possible BIOS replacements; and more.


• Head2Head - A comparison of the benefits of 802.11g wireless networking vs. gigabit ethernet.


• WatchDog - The latest on a lawsuit regarding the IBM 75GXP hard drive.
  

_{Table of Contents from the February 2004 issue of Maximum PC}

Reviews

• Hy-Tek Panel 300 desktop PC - An all-in-one PC with a 30-inch display featuring a 2.4GHz Pentium 4, 512MB DDR266 RAM, ATI All-in-Wonder 9700 Pro, and more for $6495.


• Screamworx Hysteria 64-FX desktop PC - A PC featuring an AMD Athlon 64 FX-51 (2.2 GHz) CPU, 2GB Registered DDR400 RAM, ATI Radeon 9800 XT videocard, and more for $3650.


• Monarch Computer Systems Hornet Pro mini-PC - Features Socket 754 Athlon 64 series CPU support, one 8x AGP slot and three PCI slots, and a 250 watt power supply.
  
• AOpen XC Cube mini-PC - Features Socket A Athlon XP CPU support, one 8x AGP slot and one PCI slot, and a 220 watt power supply.


• FIC Ice Cube IC-VL67 mini-PC - Features Socket 478 Pentium 4 CPU support, one 8x AGP slot and one PCI slot, and a 220 watt power supply. I was never really a fan of the small form factor PC. I deal for LAN parties I suppose but too much heat, wimpy power supply, limited expandability, etc. always made it a poor choice for a primary PC.


• Fujitsu Lifebook P5020D notebook PC - This laptop features a 1GHZ Pentium M, 512MB DDR266 RAM, and a 10.5-inch 1280x768 display with Intel Extreme Graphics for $2000.


• Creative Labs Gigaworks S750 7.1 speakers - A decent 7.1 speaker set for your PC for $500.


• Logitech Z-2200 2.1 speakers - One of the best 2.1 PC speaker sets you could get for $150.


• Sapphire Radeon 9800 XT videocard - One of the fastest GPUs you could get at the time but it would set you back $500.

_{Table of Contents from the February 2004 issue of Maximum PC (continued)}

Features

• Windows Tips - A detailed guide for improving the performance and usability of Windows XP.


• PC Rights - Your rights as they relate to the Digital Millenia Copyright Act (DMCA).

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