Windows Magazine
October 1997
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- Win98 -- The Complete Guide
- Start / Mike Elgan
Win98: An Old Idea Made New -- Finally, Chicago: Microsoft completes the operating system vision it outlined back in 1994. - The Explorer / Fred Langa
Pssst! Want to Make $500 an Hour? -- Don't roll your eyes at the idea of a do-it-yourself upgrade. It's easier than you think. - Windows at Work / Lou Grinzo
E-Mail Heaven -- When we take e-mail for granted, we minimize its effectiveness. - Dialog Box / Randy Hinrichs
Intranets: the New Internet -- As today's intranet overload indicates, we're confusing knowledge with information.
- Head to Head: Web-Content Delivery
- Head to Head: 300MHz Desktop Systems
- Head to Head: 56K Modems
Systems
- Head to Head: 266MHz Pentium II Systems
- Head-to-Head: 233MHz K6 Systems
- Head to Head: 233MHz P55C Notebooks
- HP Vectra 500 Series Model 320 5/133
- Tiger GT 6x86 PR166+
- Xi 532 PII Mtower
- Toshiba Libretto 50CT
- CompuWorld Mega System P166MMX
- Tiger Gx86
Software
- Head to Head: Page Editors
- Head to Head: Source-Code Management Systems
- Jamba 2.0
- Netscape Conference 4.0
- Simply Accounting 5.0
- V-Realm Builder 2.0
- IntelliSync for Windows CE
- Analytica
- VoiceTools 3.2
- Adobe Streamline 4.0
- WebTrends 3.5
- Info Select 4.0
- ProVenture Custom Business Stationery
Hardware
- Head to Head: LCD Monitors
- Head to Head: Video Cards
- Head to Head: Label Printers
- Lexmark 7000 Color Jetprinter
- Epson Stylus Color 3000
- Visioneer PaperPort Strobe
- Cirque Power Cat
What's Hot!
WinList -- A fast route to the best in hardware, software and system choices among all the products we've test.
- Keep Out! Private -- Safeguard your data from prying eyes that can peruse your PC, and see what you've been up to.
- Install Them All -- You don't have to limit yourself to one Windows operating system.
- Stop the E-mail Madness -- E-mail piling up on you? Here's how to work smarter and faster to make molehills out of those mountains of mail.
- Rough Seas for NT Directories -- Despite lofty promises, neither Banyan, Microsoft nor novell can fulfill your directory needs-yet.
- Pentium II Powers NT Servers
- Hackers Unlock NT--Again
- Groupware Rides The Internet
- Heard in the Back Office
- Netscape SuiteSpot 3.1 Standard Edition and SuiteSpot 3.1 Professional Edition -- A Very Suite Pair
- IntraNetics 97 -- Intranet In a Box
- Whistle InterJet 200 -- Whistle While You Work Online
- Norton AntiVirus for Firewalls -- Don't Go Down in Flames
- NETinventory -- Keep an Eye on Your Enterprise
- Seagate AshWin 3.51 -- Automate NT Applications
- RAS Manager -- Take Remote Control
- Balance Suite -- Level Server Loads
- NT Product Pipeline
- Standing Guard -- Internet firewalls can protect your corporate kingdom from high-tech attacks. The trick is finding the right one.
- Microsoft's Internet Combo
- Hack Yourself
- Not Quite Zero -- Microsoft's Zero Administration Initiative might cut support costs but not eliminate them.
- Optimizing Windows / John Woram
Color-Code Your Desktop - Applications / Jim Boyce
Give Net Files a Transfer - Power Windows / Karen Kenworthy
Write with JavaScript - Windows CE / John D. Ruley
Jog WinCE's Memory - Windows CE / Martin Heller
Sneak Peek at CE 2.0 - Windows NT Workstation / Rick Furnival
Help Yourself to NT Support - Web Programming / Martin Heller
Of Dates and Times
- Be the Master of Your Own CDs
Databases
- A Powerful Paradox
- Cold Fusion 3.0 -- Cold Fusion Heats Up Web Development
- Symantec Visual Page -- WYSIWYG Editing Gets a Java Jolt
- Panorama Viewer -- A Voracious Viewer
- fyi
- Diamond Multimedia Maximum DVD Kit -- Bring DVD to the Desktop
- Creative PC-DVD -- Multimedia Mania
- Hi-Val Home Entertainment System -- DVD for the Couch Potato
- fyi
- Mitsubishi Diamond Pro 1000 -- Sizing Up the Images on Your Monitor
- NEC MultiSync A700 -- An 'A' for Effort
- Optiquest Q71 -- The Quest for 17-Inch Affordability Is Over
- fyi
- TELEform Internet Solution -- Form Filing of the Future
- QuickClue -- Get a Clue
- WebSnake 1.0 -- Rattled by Offline Browsing?
- fyi
- Sony PCG-705C and PCG-707C -- Lightweight but Loaded with Features
- Hitachi VisionBook Pro and Elite -- Pick Power or Portability
- Micron TransPort XKE -- Work Anytime, Anywhere
Accounting
- Great Plains Dynamics 4.0 -- Internet-Ready Accounting Solution
- AnyTime Deluxe 5.0 -- AnyTime's the Right Time for a PIM
- PlanWrite for Marketing 4.0 -- Proficient Planning
- CVideoNow 1.3 -- Three Steps to Better Video
- VideoDirector Studio 200 -- Choose the Best and Edit the Rest
- miroVideo DC20 plus -- Be a Video Vanguard
- Ricoh RDC-300 -- Photos Up Close and Personal
- Mitsubishi DJ-1000 -- Small Does It All
- Sony Digital Mavica -- Picture It On Floppy
- fyi
Printers
- Epson EPL-N1200 and EPL-N2000 -- A Double Dose of Laser Printing
- Tektronix Phaser 560 -- Set Your Phaser on High Speed
- Xerox DocuPrint C55 -- No-Nonsense Network Printer
- AnswerWorks -- Help Wizard Tells It Like It Is
- Stamina -- Stamina Adds Programming Muscle
- FailSafe 5 -- Crash-Proof Your VB Apps
CD-Recordable / ReWriteable Drives
- Win98 Sets the Stage for NT 5.0
- Fighting Word(s): Software Vendors Take On a Lucrative Market
- Top Ten Best-Selling Windows Business Software
- Printers: How Low Can They Go?
- Chip Wars Mean Good News for Users
- NCs May Yet Take On Windows CE
- The Smart (Card) Way to Go
- Recap
Notes from the Lab
- Macro Upgrading: A Rocky Road
- The TCO Factor
- A Day at the Office 97
Trends