MaximumPC 2008 12

24 Tech Watch List

Find out what you’ll be running in your rig in

2009—and beyond.

47 GIMP

We show you how to do it all with this free

photoediting software!

62 Netbook Roundup

How do these mini-notebooks match up with

the big boys?

QuickStart

08 NEWS T-Mobile announces the first Android-

based mobile phone

14 THE LIST Seven things that can help Linux

overtake Windows

16 DEATHMATCH Chrome Beta vs. Internet

Explorer 8 Beta

R&D

70 WHITE PAPER An in-depth look at virtual

machines

71 AUTOPSY Belkin Vision N1 Router

74 HOW-TO Troubleshoot and optimize your

Internet and network connection

In the Lab

83 REVIEWS

97 LAB NOTES

104 RIG OF THE MONTH

WHERE WE PUT STUFF

CONTENTS

FEATURES

DEPARTMENTS

LETTERS

20 WATCHDOG

80 DOCTOR

102 COMMENTS

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