Cover Story

PC vs. NC: The Whole Story -- They're here! Network Computers have hit the streets-but how do these low-cost boxes measure up to your PC?
• Life with Your First NC
• PC vs. NC: Their Defenders Face Off
• First Suite Could Be Sweeter
• Match the Tool to the Job
• NC Hardware
• Java Adds Steam to NC Engine
• PC or NetPC: What's the Difference?
• TV Tunes In to the Web

Analysis

• Start / Fred Langa
  Unbelievably Cheap Total Data Security -- A penny a meg. That's all it costs to ensure you'll never lose a critical file again.
• The Explorer / Mike Elgan
  Beware the Vendor Agenda -- If you've heard any of these myths, don't believe 'em.
• Windows at Work / Cheryl Currid
  Quit Stalling And Start an Intranet -- Still thinking about setting up an intranet? Stop fooling around and get moving!
• Dialog Box / Bob Eustace
  Is There No Justice For Software Makers? -- Something's wrong with the way our legal system decides computer cases.

WinLab Reviews

What's Hot!


• Toshiba Infinia 7220
• Manufacturers Prepare to Show Us Their DVDs
• Head to Head: Digital Cameras
• Head to Head: Disk Partitioning Software
• Partitioning Eases the Big-Drive Blues

  Systems
  

• NEC PowerMate 2200M
• Compaq Armada 1130T
• IBM ThinkPad 760E
• Head to Head: Personal Digital Assistants
• Toshiba Portege 660CDT
• AcerNote Light Multimedia
• Fujitsu LifeBook 555T
• Canon Innova Book 490CDT
• Quantex QP6/200 WS-4
• Gateway 2000 G6-200XL

  Software
  

• Lotus Approach 97
• Visual Cafe 1.0
• Micrografx Graphics Suite 2
• WinFax PRO 8.0
• Xerox Pagis Pro 97
• DART Pro
• Healthy PC
• PC Handyman
• Quick View Plus 4.0
• Borland C++Builder
• NetObjects Fusion 2.0
• Peak NetJet 1.12
• M.Y.O.B. Accounting 7
• OmniPage Pro for Visioneer PaperPort 7.0
• Road Trips City-to-City 1997
• Policies Now 5.0
• PCCrypto 1.0
• PC-cillin II
• SuperFassst 1.0
• AltaVista Search My Computer Private eXtension 1.0
• Lotus ScreenCam 97
• HAHTsite 2.0

  Hardware
  

• SyQuest SyJet 1.5GB
• Head to Head: CD-ROM Drives
• Intel Pentium OverDrive Processor with MMX Technology
• STB TV PCI
• Maxtor DiamondMax 85120A
• Canon LBP-465

Recommended List -- A fast route to the best in hardware, software and system choices among all the products we've test.

Features

• Put Your Business On theWeb -- It's been said that the three key factors for business success are location, location, location and today the most important location might be the Web.
  • An Amiable Host
  • Seductive Sites
  • A Recipe for Web Profits
  • Desktop Delivery
  • The Way to the Web: Product Locator

  
  

• Pick The Perfect Printer -- For just a few hundred bucks, you can get a state-of-the-art laser printer or ink jet that turns out top-notch prints. Here's the lowdown on the latest developments, plus some tips to help you shop smart.
  • The Reviews Are In

  
  

• Virus Alert! -- Thousands of PC viruses are out there, and each day more insidious invaders appear-to be safe, you have to know your enemy and know how to fight back.
  • Anatomy of a Macro Virus

NT Newstrends


• Grudge Match -- After years of hype, NT is finally outselling UNIX on the desktop and departmental server. It may yet wrestle the enterprise crown from the venerable OS.
• NT Tidbits
• New BackOffice Bundles
• Cedar Takes Root
• Secret Agents Secure NT Data
• Dueling Disk Defraggers
• NT Imaging Comes into Focus
• Heard in the Back Office -- The latest scuttlebutt in the NT industry

  NT Product Pipeline
  

• Digital Personal Workstation 433a and 500a; Polywell 550/500C RISC workstation -- A 'Personal' Workstation War
• Hewlett-Packard NetServer LD Pro -- Small Server Aspirations
• RAScom RAServer 2900 -- Very Long Distance Links
• Netelligent 2524/2624 Fast Ethernet repeaters; Netelligent 100 FDDI network interface controllers -- Compaq Makes the Connection
• NetXRay 2.5 -- XRay Vision on the Network
• SOCKS Version 4 -- Strutting Safely Across the Web
• Visual Fax 2.0 -- Get the Fax
• Enterprise Administrator 4.0 -- Safe and Sound NT Management
• NT Product Pipeline

  NT Reviews
  

• Kofax NetScan -- Scanning Reaches the Masses
• HP LaserJet 5Si Mopier -- Killer Combination

  NT Feature
  

• Peaceful Coexistence -- Despite the strained relationship between Novell and Microsoft, it's possible to bridge the gap between Windows NT Server and NetWare.
• NT's Poor Balancing Act
• Novell's Marengi: On the Record
• Novell Owns Up to NT

  NT Administrator
  

• Special Delivery for E-Mail -- Unlock Internet messaging with Microsoft's new Exchange Server 5.0.

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How To Buy

• How To Buy A ...12-Speed CD-ROM Drive
• Take a Portable CD-ROM Player for a Drive
• Speedy CDs
• Sites to Be Seen

How To

• Optimizing Windows / John Woram
  Spare Parts -- Tune up your PC with tips that didn't make it into my earlier columns.
• Applications / Jim Boyce
  Excel Pivot Tables II: The Search for More Tips -- A thrilling sequel to last month's column.
• Power Windows / Karen Kenworthy
  Shop for Web Solutions -- CGI, ActiveX, JavaScript and VBScript are the secret to interactive Web sites and electronic commerce.
• Windows NT Workstation / John D. Ruley
  Take Stock of Telnet -- Automate Web searches using command-line and agent technology for NT.
• Programming Windows / Martin Heller
  Think Small -- If you're tired of bloated desktop programs, you can develop tiny ones for Windows CE and the Newton.

New Products

Monitors


• View Your Work on the Big Screen

  
  

• In Brief -- MMX Systems/Notebooks

  Systems
  

• Tatung TMP-5100 Pentium All-in-One -- Surf the Net and the Networks

  Notebooks
  

• Tatung TNB-5600 -- Upward Mobility
• Sharp PC-9300 -- Notebook Line Looks Sharp

  
  

• In Brief -- Hand-Held PCs
• In Brief -- Sound

  PIMs
  

• Pocket On-Schedule -- Pocket-Sized Data
• Info Accelerator 4.1 -- Acceleration Through Integration
• Day-Timer HomeLife -- Bring Your Secretary Home

  
  

• In Brief -- Accounting
• In Brief -- Productivity

  Web Software
  

• i publish -- Broaden Your Publishing Empire
• Site Magic 2.1, Commerce Builder Web Server 2.1 and Merchant Builder 2.1 --Factory-Made Web Sites
• WordToWeb -- More Internet Assistance
• fyi

  
  

• In Brief -- Web Software

  Document/Image Management
  

• Fujitsu ScanPartner 600C -- This Scanner Has a Hearty Appetite
• fyi
• Recollect LAN -- When Images Are Everywhere

  
  

• In Brief -- Storage

  Videoconferencing
  

• Best Data Smart One Personal Video Conferencing Kit -- Put Your Best Face Forward
• fyi
• Diamond Supra Video Phone Kit 3000 -- Say It with Body Language

  
  

• In Brief -- Modems

  Video Editing
  

• Corel Lumiere Suite -- Light Up Your Video Clips
• MGI VideoWave -- New Wave in Video Editing
• Matrox Rainbow Runner Studio -- Make Editing A Snap

  
  

• In Brief -- Video Editing
• In Brief -- LCD Projectors

  CAD/Technical Drawing
  

• TurboCAD 2D/3D 4.0 and TurboCAD 2D/3D Professional -- Drafting Tools You Won't Want to Dodge
• DesignCAD 97 -- 2-D or 3-D? Why Pick Sides?
• SmartDraw 3.0 -- Go with the Flow(chart)

  
  

• In Brief -- Graphics

  Communications
  

• CenterPoint -- Set the Tone for Phone Calls
• Video Express Mail -- Clip Your E-Mails
• Castelle Fax-It-Back -- Just the Fax, Ma'am
• fyi

  
  

• In Brief -- Communications

  Programming
  

• DynamiCube 2.0 -- View Your Data from All Sides
• Virtual Print Engine -- Print Preview with Pizzazz
• WinDK Device Driver Development Kit -- Build NT Device Drivers

  
  

• In Brief -- Programming

  ... And
  

• Etak SkyMap -- Follow the Moving Map
• Olympus CD-R2x6 -- Rapid CD Recording
• easyBASE -- Data You Can Relate To

  
  

• In Brief -- ... And

News

Trends


• PCs on TV... and Vice Versa
• Top Ten Best-Selling Windows Business Software
• Recap
• Premature Communication
• Making the Network Computer Run
• Missing Win95 Drivers Stall DVD Release
• Get the Message?
• Web Printing Goes WYSIWYG
• New Data, New Designers

  Notes from the Lab
  

• PartitionMagic Revisited
• From WinMag Central
• Finger on The Button
• Safe Exchange

WinTips

• WinTips -- Windows Tips of the Month

Letters

• Pocket Rocket Too Quick on the Draw
• The debate rages on
• Going buggy
• Classroom computing
• Foretelling the future
• Corrections

R & R: Resources and Recreation

• Fat Man, Little Boy
• How to Deck Duke
• Say What?
• Take a Test Drive
• Get Assimilated

Windows on the Web

• Improve Your News Delivery Service
• Tips To Surf By
• Cyberguide
• News Briefs
• Competitors Push PointCast Killers
• Spec Should Spur Internet Commerce
• Tune-Up for Wintune... And the WinMag Web
• Top Ten Shareware

Recycle Bin

• No More Eye Strain
• Pricey View
• Profitable Rebate
• The Best of Dilbert
• Useless Dailog of the Month
• Yer Out!
• Watch WINCE Wince
• Wanted: Someone with a Clue