Cover Story

Power! -- New chips from Intel and AMD raise the MIPS ante-and nudge the Pentium Pro out of the performance spotlight

• Slot machine -- Slot 1 and Pentium II are faster and cooler, but not easier.
• How Fast Are They? -- Taking a Pentium II for a test spin can be a breathtaking experience.
• AMD-K6 Holds Its Own -- System uses AMD-K6 chip to keep price low, performance high.
• A chip less demanding -- AMD's K6 processor could give Intel a run for its money.
• Breaking Moore's Law -- Soaring processor speeds eclipse MIPS marks.

Analysis

• Start / Mike Elgan
  Cheap Power -- Intel owns 95 percent of the PC microprocessor market. But all that's about to change.
• The Explorer / Fred Langa
  Office 97 and the Upgrade Blues -- Based on our discoveries, we're removing Office 97 and Outlook from the WinList.
• Windows at Work / Lou Grinzo
  Paranoia Is Your Friend -- On a Windows system, there are no such things as 'completely unrelated' programs.
• Dialog Box / Richard Castagna
  No TV on My PC -- Why are thousands of people trying to crack the code that will finally turn a computer into a television set?

WinLab Reviews

What's Hot!


• Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0
• Get Ready for Dynamic HTML
• Head To Head: Pocket Computers

  Software
  

• Microsoft Access 97
• PowerJ
• Fractal Design Detailer 1.0
• Communicate
• ApproveIT for Office 3.0
• Authentex-DataSAFE
• easyBASE 1.0
• Delphi 3 Client/Server Suite
• Power PrintCache 4.0
• File-Ex 2.0
• ImageStream 97 2.0
• pcAnywhere CE
• Tsunami MT 5.0 and Typhoon MT 5.01
• SearchPal
• Microsoft Visual J++ 1.1

  Hardware
  

• Avatar Shark 250
• Spot InnoScan FotoTak-6 and ScanTak-2C
• Head to Head: 21-Inch Monitors
• Head to Head: Color Ink Jet Printers
• Practical Peripherals External 336 Voice/Data/Fax Speakerphone Modem
• Diamond FirePort 40 PCI SCSI Adapter
• MicroTouch Ibid

  Systems
  

• Monorail PC 133
• American Multisystems InfoGOLD Dual Ppro200
• Head to Head: 200MHz Pentium MMX Systems
• techmedia technote S3000
• Acer/Texas Instruments Extensa 660CDT

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

Features

• Free Tune-Up! -- Get the most out of your system-pep up performance and run more efficiently-without spending a dime.
• Save As... HTML -- A corporate intranet can put all your shared information just a browser and a mouse click away-but the road to HTML can be a rocky one.
• First-Class E-mail -- E-mail can reduce the litter of letters on your desk, but your electronic inbox needs attention, too. Try these helpful hints and timely tips to find better ways to save, sort and sift through electronic missives.

NT Newstrends

• Where to Now, NT? -- Windows NT 5.0 won't arrive in 1997, but beta releases of the NT Object File System, "Project Opal" and Zero Administration software will.
• NT Tidbits
• Web Server Wars
• HP Falls for NT
• Multi-User NT
• Rapid Data Recovery
• Heard in the Back Office

  NT Product Pipeline
  

• Intergraph InterServe 605 - Server Makeover
• AST Manhattan S6200 -- A Windows NT Server Metropolis
• ALR Revolution MP II+ -- Economical Offer
• Ramp Networks WebRamp Entre -- Internet On-Ramp
• 3Com Fast EtherLink XL CardBus PC Card -- Notebook Networks
• Intel NetportExpress Pro/100 -- Sensitive Print Manager
• Microsoft Exchange Server 5.0 -- The Internet Is the Message
• Hummingbird Mail Server -- E-Mail Takes Flight
• Obsydian for Windows NT/BackOffice -- Rapid Application Developer
• Centri Bronze -- Internet Guardian
• NetWorker 4.4 -- Speedy Recovery
• WinCenter 3.0 -- Multitasking NCs
• NT Product Pipeline

  NT Product Reviews
  

• Dual-Processor Server Showdown -- How do Dell's PowerEdge 4100 and Micron's Vetix 2LXI stack up against Compaq's ProLiant 2500? The results of this review may surprise you.

  NT Product Feature
  

• A Doorway to Host Data -- Access and analyze mainframe data from your Windows NT networks.

• Cakewalk, Thor and Cedar

NT Administrator