August 1995
Windows 95; MS Office for Windows 95; Sub £1300 desktop PCs; Sub £1500
colour notebooks; Windows databases; Sound cards and software; Hand scanners;
Understanding Sound
News
Smartsurf; Business Plan Builder;
Samsung Sens 700; Compaq Contura 420/430; Dell Latitude XPi 75/90; Motorola
Internet pack; Pace Mobifax & "Using the Net"; HP Omnibook 5000;
Pegasus Capital for Win 95;Maps & Data; Epson Stylus Pro XL; Lexmark
WinWriter 150C; Mannesmann tally T7010; Intel Pentium 133MHz; Orchid NuSound
PnP; Adept Scientific MathCad 6.0; ADI Microscan 4V; Drafix Quick CAD; TI
Microlaser Pro 600; Magnaram; Silica 6x CD-Rom; Viglen Genie PCI 133; Dell
Dimension/Optiplex 133; Toshiba Portege 610CT; Syquest EZ-135; Aydin Ranger
20S2; Yamaha SW20-PC; Lovenet
Up Front Reviews
Macintosh Performa 5200
CD/TV Plus; PerfectWorks 2.1 for Windows; Epson EPL 5200+; Samsung Syncmaster
17GLsi; Quicktax; Aplspeak for Windows;Corel CD office companion; NEC Multisync
XE15; Serif Drawplus 2; MJN Powerlite II 4DX4-100/C; Taxability Pro v2.7
In Brief reviews Bubble Help; Printernet Plus; Quicktax Planner; Key Presenter; Alfa Crystal; Multimedia Help; Microhelp Uninstaller; Poweralbum Multimedia; Deadlock; Suretrak; Soundwave 10
Feature Windows 95
Feature MS Office for Windows 95
More for your money (sub £1300 desktop PCs) Amstrad PC 9555i; MJN P75 P/CD; Samsung Deskmaster 486G; Carrera Panther P75; Brother 5586 P90; Opus Prestige Plus; Mitac 5060C; Olivetti PCS 42P. Alternatives - IBM Aptiva 856; AST Advantage Adventure 6066d; Evesham Vale Prestige PCI
Travelling Bright (sub £1500 colour notebooks) HM Systems Minstrel; NEC Versa V/50D; Opti Platinum DX2/66; Carrera 486 Power Notebook II; AST Ascentia 810N; ACI 8500 Big Screen; Hi-Grade Notino LB2. Alternatives; Akhternote DX2; AJP 7570C; Compaq Contura 400; Viglen Dossier Advanced; Compaq Contura Aero; Toshiba T3400CT
Keeping Tabs (Windows databases) Access 2.0; Alpha 5; Approach 3.0; Dataease 5; Filemaker Pro 2.1; Paradox 5.0; Superbase 95
Melody Makers (sound cards and software) Aztech Waverider 32+; Creative Labs AWE-32; Gravis Ultrasound Max; Mediavision Pro 3D; Mediavision Pro Audio Wavetable 300; Mediatrix Audiotrix Pro; Orchid Soundwave 32 Pro; Roland Audio Producer; Turtle Beach Tropez; Steinberg Cubasis Audio;(sound software); Cakewalk Express; Circle Elements
Hand scanners Master Disk difficult to use; Video Ram; Double Vs Quad speed CDs; Starting Windows automatically; PSP Browser not working on July CD; Games boot disks; Video CDs; Windows' screen resolutions; WINA20.386
Computer class Understanding Sound
After Hours (Time Out) Super Karts; Romeo and Juliet; Wine Guide; Eyewitness History of the World; Chaos Control
Cover disk Sparta; Win Bar Clock; Inst-All; Last Of The Free (LOTF); Super Speed; Config
Competition Three Goldstar GCD-R540B quad speed CD-Roms, four Hayes Accura modems