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Name | Price | Rating | Comment | RAM | HD | MM | Supplier | Tel | Issue | Page no | Additional comments, notes | |
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P90 | ||||||||||||
Apricot Xen-PC 590 | £2,419 | lllmmm | Well designed but mediocre performance for the price. | 16Mb | 515 Mb | none | Apricot | 0121 717 7171 | 3 | 49 | ||
Atlantic Pro 95 | £1,599 | lllllm | Excellent value. | 16Mb | 850 Mb | 4x,16 | Atlantic | 01792 700002 | 13 | 62 | Value | |
Atomstyle Alpha P90 PCI | £1,750 | llllmm | Lacking in software. | 16Mb | 850 Mb | 4x,16 | Atomstyle | 0181 801 1838 | 13 | 62 | ||
Atomstyle Alpha P90 PCI | £1,499 | lllmmm | fast and elegant with scope for expansion. | 16Mb | 528 Mb | none | Atomstyle | 0181 801 1838 | 8 | 60 | speed | |
AST Adventure 8090P | £1,701 | llllmm | Not the choice if you want high performance. | 8Mb | 540 Mb | 4x,16 | AST | 0990 611611 | 10 | 94 | ||
AST MS-LP/90 | £2,415 | lllmmm | Well engineered but hampered by poor performance. | 16Mb | 420 Mb | none | AST | 0990 611611 | 6 | 88 | ||
Carrera Panther P90AM | £1,895 | llllmm | A good all rounder, untidy internal design. | 16Mb | 1Gb | 4x,16 | Carrera | 0171 830 0486 | 13 | 63 | ||
Carrera Panther P90 | £1,989 | llllmm | Good performance at a reasonable price. | 16Mb | 504 Mb | none | Carrera | 0171 830 0486 | 3 | 49 | ||
Carrera Panther P90 NT Workstation | £3,849 | lllmmm | Impressive peripherals, performance and price. | 32Mb | 1Gb | 4x no sound | Carrera | 0171 830 0486 | 11 | 63 | value | |
CC Systems PCI-Pro 90 | £1,499 | lllmmm | Fast, good looking and a delight to use. | 16Mb | 521 Mb | none | CIC | 0181 813 8217 | 8 | 61 | ||
CD Revolution CD-R90Y | £5,699 | llllmm | Very impressive specialist CD authoring system. | 8Mb | 1.7Gb | 4x,16 | CD Revolution | 01932 562000 | 5 | 93 | ||
CIC Sigmum P90 | £1,995 | llllmm | Well put together, with some useful extras. | 16Mb | 772 Mb | 2x,16 | CIC | 0181 813 8217 | 3 | 50 | ||
CIC Sigmum P100 Pro | £1,495 | llllmm | Excellent performer. | 16Mb | 811 Mb | none | CIC | 0181 813 8217 | 8 | 61 | ||
Colossus SBF P90 | £1,689 | llllmm | Reasonable performance, lightweight keyboard. | 16Mb | 1Gb | 4x,16 | Colossus | 01707 258899 | 13 | 63 | ||
Compaq Deskpro XL 590 | £5,395 | llllmm | Superb system design and respectable performance. | 32Mb | 1Gb | 4x,16 | Compaq | 0181 332 3888 | 11 | 65 | ||
CompuSys Pentium PCI | £1,499 | llllmm | Well put together, very good documentation. | 16Mb | 515 Mb | none | CompuSys | 01296 397039 | 8 | 63 | ||
D&A 5 P90 | £1,495 | lllmmm | Design needs some attention. | 16Mb | 520 Mb | none | D&A | 0171 561 9900 | 8 | 63 | ||
Dan Dantium 90 | £1,656 | lllmmm | Well laid out with room to grow, slighty sluggish performer. | 16Mb | 503 Mb | none | Dan | 0181 830 1100 | 3 | 50 | ||
Dan Dantium 90 | £2,394 | lllmmm | State of the art components, 17in monitor, but average performance. | 16Mb | 420 Mb | none | Dan | 0181 830 1100 | 1 | 89 | ||
Dan Dantium 95 | £2,436 | llllmm | Up to the minute multimedia, but slow for its class. | 16Mb | 1Gb | 4x,16 | Dan | 0181 830 1100 | 8 | 89 | ||
Dan Dantum 95/90sMM | £1,918 | llllmm | Carefully chosen components, excellent performance. | 16Mb | 1Gb | Dan | 0181 830 1100 | 13 | 64 | speed | ||
Dell Optiplex DGX 590 | £5,551 | lllmmm | Good machine. Could do with a larger case. | 32Mb | 2x1Gb | 3x,no sound | Dell | 01344 720000 | 11 | 66 | ||
Digital Celebris GL | £2,965 | lllmmm | Great corporate workstation. | 16Mb | 814 Mb | 4x,16 | Digital | 0181 286 5000 | 13 | 95 | ||
Digital Celebris fp 590 | £3,320 | llmmmm | Poor performance alleviated by good monitor and internal design. | 32Mb | 850 Mb | none | Digital | 0181 286 5000 | 11 | 68 | ||
Dotlink Blitz | £1,465 | lllmmm | Well balanced, but not the best we've seen. | 16Mb | 520 Mb | none | Dotlink | 0181 902 5802 | 8 | 64 | ||
Dotlink Magnum P90s PCI | £2,322 | llllmm | Expansion capacity is good, and very good performance. | 16Mb | 515 Mb | none | Dotlink | 0181 902 5802 | 3 | 52 | ||
ESL Pentium 90 | £1,500 | lllmmm | Not the fastest or best built. | 8Mb | 695 Mb | none | ESL | 0171 498 7816 | 8 | 66 | ||
ESP 590 | £2,450 | llllmm | Performance is good, but you pay for what you get. | 16Mb | 1Gb | none | ESP | 01734 312701 | 3 | 52 | speed | |
Evesham Platinum 90 | £1,499 | lllmmm | Creditable performer. | 8Mb | 528 Mb | none | Evesham Micros | 01386 765500 | 8 | 66 | ||
Evesham Platinum Triton | £2,138 | lllllm | Expensive but well specified. Good attention to detail. | 16Mb | 1Gb | 2x,16 | Evesham Micros | 01386 765500 | 13 | 64 | speed. Toshiba 5302B cd drive | |
Evesham Vale Platinum Media 95 | £1,899 | lllllm | Very fast though the users guide needs improving. | 16Mb | 503 Mb | 2x,16 | Evesham Micros | 01386 765500 | 3 | 53 | speed | |
Evolution Evpro 90T | £2,185 | lllllm | Fairly well equipped. Costly. | 16Mb | 1Gb | 4x,16 | Evolution | 0181 944 6222 | 13 | 68 | Speed. Yamaha SW20 sound card | |
Evolution EV P90E | £2,199 | lllllm | A good mix of quality components. | 16Mb | 502 Mb | 2x,16 | Evolution | 0181 944 6222 | 3 | 53 | speed | |
Gateway 2000 P5-90 Premium | £1,799 | lllllm | Very good value for money. | 16Mb | 1Gb | 4x,16 | Gateway 2000 | 0800 462000 | 13 | 68 | ||
Gateway 2000 P5-90 | £2,219 | llllll | A fast computer with a well designed keyboard and monitor. | 16Mb | 1Gb | 2x,16 | Gateway 2000 | 0800 462000 | 3 | 56 | ||
Hi-Grade Winputer P5-90 | £1,665 | lllmmm | Lacks distinction. Middle of the road. | 16Mb | 1Gb | 4x,16 | Hi-Grade | 0181 591 9040 | 13 | 76 | ||
Hi-Grade Winputer P5-90 | £1,490 | lllmmm | Good looking and plenty of room for expansion. | 8Mb | 503 Mb | none | Hi-Grade | 0181 591 9040 | 8 | 67 | ||
IBM 350-P90 | £2,250 | lllmmm | Well built, but variable performance. | 16Mb | 540 Mb | none | IBM | 0345 727272 | 10 | 90 | ||
ICL Ergo PRO D5/90 P | £3,058 | llllmm | Excellent attention to ergonomic and aesthetic issues. | 16Mb | 503 Mb | 2x,no sound | ICL | 0800 317711 | 3 | 56 | ||
IPC ValueMagic MPC1 P90 | £1,899 | llllmm | Good performer, documentation leaves a lot to be desired. | 16Mb | 502 Mb | 2x,16 | IPC | 01282 618866 | 3 | 57 | ||
Locland Pentium 90 PCI | £1,708 | lmmmmm | Too many corners cut to reduce cost. | 16Mb | 1Gb | 4x,16 | Locland | 01355 228808 | 13 | 76 | ||
Mesh Elite 90 Media | £1,899 | lllllm | Well chosen peripherals. Very good value. | 16Mb | 1Gb | 6x,16 | Mesh | 0181 452 1111 | 13 | 78 | ||
Mesh Elite P90 Pro | £4,895 | llllmm | High performance peripherals. | 32Mb | 2Gb | 4x,16 | Mesh | 0181 452 1111 | 11 | 78 | Panasonic CR504-B | |
Mesh Elite 90 Media | £1,499 | lllmmm | Good overall performance and expansion potential. | 16Mb | 730 Mb | none | Mesh | 0181 452 1111 | 8 | 67 | ||
Minstrel PX5 | £1,499 | lllmmm | Slim and cramped case, but respectable performance. | 16Mb | 428 Mb | none | Minstrel | 0181 830 1300 | 8 | 68 | ||
MJN Technology Business 90MHz | £1,479 | llllmm | Cheap, but not cheerful. | 16Mb | 1.8Gb | 4x16 | MJN | 01282 777555 | 13 | 79 | ||
MJN P90P/CD | £2,199 | llllmm | Fair, with a mass of software included. | 16Mb | 503 Mb | 2x,no sound | MJN | 01282 777555 | 3 | 57 | ||
Olympian Evolution 2000 | £1,825 | llllmm | Fairly uninspiring performer. | 16Mb | 850 Mb | 4x,16 | Olympian | 0181 880 4222 | 13 | 79 | ||
Osborne Gold Pentium 90 | £1,995 | llllll | Excellent and user friendly. | 16Mb | 528 Mb | 2x,16 | Osborne | 3 | 60 | 01454 202727 value. phone number unobtainable march 96 | ||
Panrix Micron Plus | £2,095 | lllllm | A lightning performer. Impressive SCSI subsystem. | 16Mb | 1Gb | 4x,16 | Panrix | 01132 444958 | 13 | 80 | Speed | |
Panrix Bison | £5,495 | lllmmm | Needs better documentation. | 32Mb | 2Gb | ?x16 | Panrix | 01132 444958 | 11 | 79 | CD ROM drive quoted as `toshiba' no indication of speed. | |
Panrix Bison | £3,950 | lllllm | Twin Pentiums make this an excellent NT workstation. | 32Mb | 1Gb | 4x,16 | Panrix | 01132 444958 | 5 | 94 | ||
Panrix Cheetah 90 | £2,490 | lllllm | Impressive speed, quality and value. | 16Mb | 504 Mb | 2x,16 | Panrix | 01132 444958 | 3 | 60 | speed | |
Red Box Winstation 90w | £1,675 | llllmm | Plenty of room for expansion. | 16Mb | 1Gb | 4x,16 | Red Box | 01480 405541 | 13 | 80 | ||
Red Box 90 Winstation | £2,143 | llllmm | Fast, but with poor internal design. | 16Mb | 514 Mb | 2x,no sound | Red Box | 01480 405541 | 3 | 61 | ||
Red Box NT Station | £5,899 | lllllm | Very fast and excellent choice of peripherals. | 32Mb | 2Gb | 4x,16 | Red Box | 01480 405541 | 11 | 80 | Speed | |
Viglen Genie PCI P5/90 | £2,142 | llllmm | Fast, well constructed and well specified. | 16Mb | 1Gb | 4x,16 | Viglen | 0181 758 7000 | 13 | 81 | ||
Viglen Genie PCI Professional P5/90 | £1,939 | lllllm | One of the slowest we tested, but still good value. | 16Mb | 514 Mb | 2x,16 | Viglen | 0181 758 7000 | 3 | 61 | ||
Western Systems Power P90 | £1,499 | lllmmm | Fast with good expansion potential. | 16Mb | 406 Mb | none | Western Systems | 0181 842 0071 | 8 | 78 | ||
Zenith Z-Station EX 420 | £2,855 | llllmm | An expensive system with mid range performance. | 16Mb | 406 Mb | none | Zenith | 0181 568 5050 | 3 | 62 | ||
Zenith Z-Station GT P90 | £1,999 | llmmmm | Small,but not beautiful. | 16Mb | 810 Mb | 4x,16 | Zenith | 0181 568 5050 | 13 | 81 | ||
Zenith Z-Station VP | £1,800 | lllmmm | Well made but performance is disappointing. Expensive. | 16Mb | 1.2Gb | Zenith | 0181 568 5050 | 16 | 97 | |||
P100 | ||||||||||||
Amstrad Professional P100 | £1,540 | llllmm | You pay heavily for bundled extras. | 8Mb | 814 Mb | 4x,16 | Amstrad | 0990 811811 | 18 | 60 | ||
Amstrad PC 9555i | £999 | llmmmm | Good software bundle but poor performance and no CD ROM drive. | 8Mb | 1.1 Gb | none | Amstrad | 0990 811811 | 21 | 94 | ||
AST LC P/100 | £1,195 | lmmmmm | Uses cut-price components, making for a very slow machine. | 8Mb | 850Mb | 4x,no sound | AST | 0990 611611 | 18 | 60 | ||
Atlantic Multimedia Plus 2 | £1,239 | lllmmm | Despite cut-throat price, poor build quality makes it hard to praise. | 8Mb | 812 Mb | 4x,16 | Atlantic | 01792 700002 | 18 | 61 | ||
Atomstyle Alpha Pro 100 | £1,495 | lllllm | A top buy. Solid performance with plenty of extras. | 8Mb | 1Gb | 4x,16 | Atomstyle | 0181 801 1838 | 18 | 61 | value | |
Atomstyle Alpha P100 | £999 | lllllm | A high specification and top performance. | 8Mb | 1.2 Gb | 4x,16 | Atomstyle | 0181 801 1838 | 21 | 94 | ||
Bits & PCs Pentuim Power V100 | £1,496 | lllllm | A top speed machine at a key price. An excellent deal. | 8Mb | 1.2Gb | 4.4x,16 | Bits & PCs | 01344 776050 | 18 | 63 | ||
Brother Solo P100 | £1,689 | llmmmm | Attractive design does not make up for dreadful performance. | 8Mb | 1.2Gb | 4x,16 | Brother | 01279 416888 | 18 | 63 | ||
Carrera Panther P100 AM | £1,685 | lllllm | The fine specifications make this well worth considering. | 8Mb | 1.2Gb | 4x,16 | Carrera | 0171 830 0486 | 18 | 64 | ||
Carrera P100 GT | £999 | llllmm | Average performance but excellent expansion options. | 8Mb | 612 Mb | 4x, no sound | Carrera | 0171 830 0486 | 21 | 95 | ||
Dan Home PC/100 | £1,512 | llllmm | A reasonable package, but you pay a premium for the Dan name. | 8Mb | 1Gb | 4x,16 | Dan | 0181 830 1100 | 18 | 64 | ||
Dell Dimension P100t | £1,259 | lllmmm | Let down by the lack of a secondary cash. Good value, though. | 8Mb | 850 Mb | 4x,16 | Dell | 01344 720000 | 18 | 66 | ||
Dell Optiplex GXM 5100 | £2,394 | lllllm | Good monitor & expansion potential, impressive performance. | 16Mb | 1GB | 4x,16 | Dell | 01344 720000 | 17 | 86 | recommended | |
Dotlink Blitz P-100 | £1,990 | llllmm | Fast but dreadful documentation. | 16Mb | 540 Mb | none | Dotlink | 0181 902 5802 | 8 | 91 | ||
Elonex PC 5100R/I | £2,315 | llllll | Very compact with extremely good performance. | 16Mb | 1Gb | 2x,no sound | Elonex | 0181 452 4444 | 3 | 88 | excellence | |
Evesham MicroSprota | £699 | lllmmm | Very poorly specified and only a mediocre performance. | 8Mb | 1Gb | 4x,16 | Evesham Micros | 01386 765500 | 24 | 100 | ||
Evesham Vale Platinum PCI | £1,513 | lllllm | Let down by a dodgy monitor and reset button. | 8Mb | 2Gb | 4x,16 | Evesham Micros | 01386 765500 | 18 | 66 | ||
Evesham Vale P100 | £999 | llllmm | A fast system with quality components but no software bundle. | 8Mb | 1 Gb | 4x, no sound | Evesham Micros | 01386 765500 | 21 | 95 | ||
Evolution evPro 100 T | £1,645 | lllllm | Built from choice parts, a competent machine. | 8Mb | 1.2Gb | 6x,16 | Evolution | 0181 944 6222 | 18 | 67 | ||
Express Micros ELS P100 | £700 | llmmmm | Unbelievably slow, and seems to have cut every conceivable corner. | 8Mb | 1Gb | 4x,16 | Express Micros | 01909 530866 | 24 | 100 | ||
Fujitsu ICL Ergo Pro 450S | £2,680 | llllmm | A quality corporate networkable machine. | 16Mb | 510 Mb | 4x,16 | Fujitsu | 01344 472472 | 12 | 102 | ||
Gateway P5100 | £1,519 | llllmm | Limited performance, particularly in need of secondary cache. | 8Mb | 1Gb | 4x,16 | Gateway 2000 | 0800 462000 | 18 | 68 | ||
Genie PCI-P5/100 | £3,017 | lllllm | An impressive system with high performance components. | 16Mb | 1Gb | 2x,16 | Viglen | 0181 758 7000 | 3 | 92 | ||
IBM Aptiva Multimedia | £1,786 | lllmmm | Omissions slow the system down. | 8Mb | 850 Mb | 4x,16 | IBM | 0345 727272 | 15 | 85 | ||
MBC Entra | £685 | lllmmm | Creditable performer, but disasterous internal layout. | 8Mb | 1Gb | 6x, no sound | Micro Business | 0181 208 2333 | 24 | 109 | ||
Mesh Elite P100 Multimedia | £2,299 | llllmm | A good all round machine. | 16Mb | 850 Mb | 4x,16 | Mesh | 0181 452 1111 | 9 | 84 | ||
Mesh Elite P100 Professional | £1,000 | llllll | At this price the high specifications make this machine excellent value. | 16Mb | 1 Gb | 6x, no sound | Mesh | 0181 452 1111 | 21 | 98 | value | |
Micron Millennium P100 | £1,590 | lllllm | Speedy and well built, but design limits expansion. | 8Mb | 1.2Gb | 6x,16 | Panrix | 01132 444958 | 18 | 68 | ||
NCPC Easy PC P100 | £1,419 | llllmm | Indifferent monitor, but a bargain. | 16Mb | 850 Mb | none | NCPC | 0181 556 0008 | 12 | 103 | ||
Office Techniques P100 | £999 | lllmmm | Low quality components make this system a poor performer. | 8Mb | 810 Mb | 4x, 16 | Office Techniques | 01923 211449 | 21 | 98 | ||
Olympian Evolution 2000 Pro 100 | £1,635 | lllllm | Includes outstanding extras, and gives excellent performance. | 8Mb | 1.2 Gb | 4x,16 | Olympian | 0181 880 4222 | 18 | 77 | speed | |
Panrix Triton | £2,999 | lllllm | A power users dream. | 16Mb | 1Gb | 4x,16 | Panrix | 0113244 4958 | 6 | 90 | recommended | |
PC Science Business Workstation | £699 | llmmmm | Potentially competitive, but a slow hard drive and terrible display. | 8Mb | 1Gb | 8x,no sound | PC Science | 0345 023273 | 24 | 114 | ||
Polar Premier P100 | £1,439 | llllmm | A perfectly adequate machine, though nothing special. | 8Mb | 1Gb | 4x,16 | Polar | 01625 858577 | 18 | 77 | ||
Polar Premium 100 | £700 | llllmm | Reasonable all rounder, but with too many cut corners. | 16Mb | 1Gb | 6x, no sound | Polar | 01625 858577 | 24 | 115 | ||
Polar Technology P100 | £997 | lllllm | Good performance and quality components at a good price. | 8Mb | 1.2Gb | 4x, 16 | Polar | 01625 858577 | 21 | 99 | ||
Red Box Winstation Entrepeneur | £1,775 | lllllm | Plenty of good quality extras, though you pay for them. | 8Mb | 1.2Gb | 4x,16 | Red Box | 01480 405541 | 18 | 78 | ||
Simply Computers P100 | £999 | llllmm | A solid if uninspiring system with few extras. | 8Mb | 1Gb | 4x,16 | Simply Computers | 0181 523 4020 | 21 | 99 | ||
Tulip Vision Line de 5/100 | £1,934 | llmmmm | Nearly 30 percent slower than others tested, yet the most expensive. | 8Mb | 1Gb | 4x, no sound | Tulip Computers | 01293 420200 | 18 | 78 | ||
Vtech P100mm | £699 | lllmmm | Too slow, with variable peripheraps. | 8Mb | 1Gb | 6x, no sound | Crown Computers | 01704 895815 | 24 | 116 | ||
Watford Aries Universa | £699 | lllmmm | Despite comprehensive multimedia this PC has poor system performance. | 8Mb | 850Mb | 4x,16 | Watford Electronics | 01582 745555 | 24 | 116 |
Last Update: 11/10/96