MaximumPC 2004 04

APRIL 2004 MAXIMUMPC 59 You don’t have to look far to find which notebook performed the fastest in this roundup. Dell’s XPS mopp ...

Ask the Doctor Symptom Diagnosis Cure YOU USED WHAT WHERE?! I recently built a wicked system but was experiencing random shutdow ...

IS GOOGLE’S AUTO-FILL FEATURE SAFE? How safe is the auto-fill feature on the Google toolbar? Is there any possibility of hackers ...

How To...^ A step-by-step guide to tweaking your PC Experience L ove it or hate it, Word is here to stay. As the dominant word p ...

Basic writing and editing tips Word is packed with all sorts of nifty time-saving tricks. For example, you can select non- conse ...

In the Lab A behind-the-scenes look at Maximum PC testing Klipsch Delivers Two Towers of Power to the Lab ...and we reach a new ...

Reviews APRIL 2004 MAXIMUMPC  SmartBar XP The first thing we noticed when we saw screenshots from the next version of Windows— ...

Reviews I t’s hard to ignore iBuyPower’s Gamer Extreme PC, what with its ever-so-eye-catching exterior: The neon green tower, de ...

Reviews  MAXIMUMPC APRIL 2004 N otebook owners must be deaf. How else to explain why manufacturers pack their laptops with top ...

T here’s no denying that the DoubleSight monitor attracts attention. With its paper- thin profile and sweeping expanse of dual-L ...

Average data transfer (MB/sec.) 9.3 4.5 Random/full-stroke seek (ms) 100/175 89/191* Audio extraction (min:sec) - 3:11 Data DVD/ ...

Reviews 80 MAXIMUMPC APRIL 2004 L ike people, cars, and cheese products, PC cases come in a wide variety of shapes, sizes, and c ...

T his month we pit an old clas- sic, recently reborn mouse against an innovative new- comer. Originally introduced as the Razor ...

Reviews 84 MAXIMUMPC APRIL 2004 A captive audience is one thing, but why force your friends and family to sit through two hours ...

APRIL 2004 MAXIMUMPC 85 Reviews We do have some quibbles. We’d like to see a timeline as well as the ability to fine-tune the sy ...

Reviews Lords of EverQuest %1 R43  Zzzzzzz I t’s not that Lords of EverQuest is a particularly awful game. It’s just a blinding ...

T o many PC gamers, Counter-Strike is like a dear old friend who’s beginning to grow long in the tooth. Forgive us for getting n ...

104 MAXIMUMPC APRIL 2004 M THIS MONTH:^ Michael Johnson’s Matrimony Mod ichael Johnson couldn’t have picked a better way of expr ...