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Best of the Best 2006! We name the top parts in every hardware category! MINIMUM BS • DECEMBER 2006 We test Intel's Core 2 Extre ...

Microsoft’s Licensing Madness !IHNeHNs Ed Word Please send feedback and chocolate upside-down cake to [email protected]. DECEMB ...

MAXIMUMPC EDITORIAL EDITOR IN CHIEF Will Smith MANAGING EDITOR Katherine Stevenson EXECUTIVE EDITOR Michael Brown SENIOR EDITOR ...

08 MAXIMUMPC DECEMBER 2006 A MD’s strategy of expanding into the chip- set and GPU markets by acquiring ATI has cleared every re ...

10MP Camera Phone Arrives Samsung’s B600 breaks the 10-megapixel barrier Google + YouTube =? Google to buy out YouTube as sixth ...

A group of UCLA researchers say they have created a faster type of transistor that could one day replace fl ash memo- ry, using ...

Illinois Court Puts Spamhaus in the Doghouse with ICANN There’s nothing new about Internet companies running afoul of interna- t ...

I n the future, we’ll be able to tap into our brains’ unused potential to carry massive amounts of data—Johnny Mnemonic-style. U ...

And the Winner Is... head 2 headTWO TECHNOLOGIES ENTER, ONE TECHNOLOGY LEAVES While we’re always willing to champion the limitle ...

watchdodogg MAXIMUM PC TAKES A BITE OUT OF BAD GEAR 20 DAMN YOU MEDDLING KIDS! I just got a 200GB hard drive from Western Digita ...

XXXXXXX 2006 MAXIMUMPC 00 watchdodogg maximum pc takes a bite out of bad gear A55-S306, A55-S3061, A55-S3062, A55-S3261, A55-S12 ...

77 777 the magnif icent seven 7777 7777 BY THE MAXIMUM PC STAFF Can these seven midrange PCs restore dignity to the common man’s ...

77 77 777 77 the magnif icent seven A nyone can build a great gaming rig with an unlim- ited budget, but what if there’s a hard ...

THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN 777 7777 777 2 MAXIMUMPC DECEMBER 2006 7 POLY 976SLI $2,500, http://www.polywell.com W e’ve always liked ...

2 MAXIMUMPC DECEMBER 2006 5 GAMERS’ EDGE PCX $2,500, http://www.velocitymicro.com V elocity Micro has a reputation for building ...

THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN 777 7777 777 30 MAXIMUMPC DECEMBER 2006 8 INFINITY CROSSFIRE $2,500, http://www.cyberpowerpc.com W hen the ...

32 MAXIMUMPC DECEMBER 2006 5 SABRE G $2,500, http://www.systemax.com S ystemax seems to be missing two letters from its alphabet ...

O ur last foray with an Overdrive PC left us believing that these guys are technically profi cient, exceed- ingly hardcore, and ...

T o judge the respective merits of the Magnifi cent Seven, we turned to four games and three applications. Yes, this is a gaming ...

When you’re used to the specs, fi t, and fi n- ish of systems that cost more than some cars, a roomful of midrange PCs can be a ...