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MINIMUM BS • JUNE 200 5 STREA M YOUR: Introducing: DUAL-CORE PROCESSORS First benchmarks, page 51! TO EVERY ROOM IN YOUR HOME! F ...

Release Notes Contents 0 6. REGULARS 8 In/Out You write, we respond 14 Quick Start Big news, small articles 18 Head2Head This mo ...

52 Removable Media FEATURES JUNE Contents PRESIDENT Jonathan Simpson-Bint VICE PRESIDENT/CFO Tom Valentino VICE PRESIDENT/CIRCUL ...

You write, we respond THE DVD-RAM EVANGELIST SPEAKS In your review of LG’s 16x Super Multi DVD Burner [May 2005], you mention th ...

LETTERS POLICY: MAXIMUM PC invites your thoughts and comments. Send them to [email protected]. Please include your full name, ...

14 MA XIMUMPC JUNE 2005 W hen you log onto your bank’s website to check your account balance, does the bank’s website know it’s ...

▼▼ 2004 MA XIM  UMPC Why Transmeta Failed Tom Halfhill was formerly a senior editor for Byte magazine and is now an analyst fo ...

Quick Start HDTV under Fire! The broadcast flag will enforce DRM for HD video, but you can avoid problems by upgrading today I f ...

802.11n Promises Wi-Fi at Wired Speeds But don’t hold your breath—the spec’s still a long way off Maximum PC has assembled a glo ...

A pple arrived fashionably late to the MP3 party, but blew away the competition with its easy-to- use, elegant iPod. Can Jobs &a ...

JUNE 2005 MA XIMUMPC 19 C R E A T I V E M U V O M I C R O N 2 0 0 Sound quality The MuVo’s EQ options— including a fi ve-band cu ...

Creative Labs >Toshiba >America Online >Freeipods.com Say hello to Murphy, WatchDog of the Month WatchDog (^) Maximum ...

Creative Labs >Toshiba >America Online >Freeipods.com Got a bone to pick with a vendor? Been spiked by a fly-by-night ...

STREAM YOUR:  6 MA XIMUMPC JUNE 200 5 The Shuttle SB86i is a great media server case. It’s cool, quiet, and includes decent onb ...

STREAM YOUR: Everywhere In Your Home! S itting in your Barcalounger, you are the master of your digital domain. At your fi ngert ...

 MA XIMUMPC JUNE 200 5 PREPARATIONS Planning is key to a successful network configuration. In order to get your network cookin ...

STEP 1 : WALLBOARD SURGERY You won’t regret heeding the old carpenter’s maxim, “measure twice, cut once” Once you’ve mapped out ...

30 MA XIMUMPC JUNE 200 5 STEP 3 : TERMINATE THE CABLES In other words, attach jacks to the ends of your cables Once you’ve compl ...

You remembered to label each of the router ends of the cables, so you know which rooms they’re servicing, right? Transfer that i ...

 2 MA XIMUMPC JUNE 200 5 BUILD YOUR MEDIA SERVER BUILD YOUR MEDIA SERVER In many ways, building a media server is no differen ...