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Name | Price | Rating | Comment | RAM | HD | MM | Supplier | Tel | Issue | Page no | Additional comments, notes | |
Intel | ||||||||||||
P150 | ||||||||||||
Compaq Presario 4122 | £1,871 | llmmmm | Incredibly poor performance for the price. | 16Mb | 2.5Gb | 6x, 16 | Compaq | 0990 134456 | 25 | 141 | ||
P166 | ||||||||||||
Apollo Saturn 166HX | £1,499 | lllmmm | Disappointing. Performance and build not up to scratch. | 16Mb | 1.2Gb | 8x,16 | Apollo | 01392 420100 | 25 | 78 | ||
Apricot MS540 | £2,207 | llllmm | A brave attempt at an ideal home PC. | 16Mb | 3.0Gb | 8x,16 | Apricot | 0800 212422 | 25 | 140 | ||
AST Bravo MS-T 5166 | £1,945 | llllmm | A well built corporate workhorse but not the fastest P166 we've seen. | 16Mb | 2Gb | 6X, no sound | AST | 0990 611611 | 22 | 123 | ||
Bits & PCs Power V166 | £3,041 | llllmm | Feature packed, but the design does not justify the high price. | 16Mb | 2Gb | 6x,16 | Bits & Pcs | 01344 776050 | 20 | 58 | ||
Bits & PCs Power VT11 166 | £1,599 | llllmm | Good expansion potential and build quality, though there are better. | 16Mb | 1.2Gb | 8x,16 | Bits & Pcs | 01344 776050 | 25 | 79 | ||
Carrera Jaguar 166+ | £1,499 | lllllm | Extremely fast and well built with few weak points. | 16Mb | 1Gb | 6x,16 | Carrera | 0171 830 0486 | 22 | 106 | speed | |
CDoS Media Executive | £2,799 | lllmmm | A good system, but the setup needs improvement. | 16Mb | 1.6Gb | 4x,16 | CDoS | 01675 464450 | 20 | 59 | ||
CDoS Pro Office P166MHz | £1,399 | llllmm | Well built, well configured and well priced. An attractive system. | 16Mb | 1.2Gb | 8x,16 | CDoS | 01675 464450 | 25 | 82 | ||
Colossus System 96A | £2,479 | llll[m | A capable above average performer, with some fine components. | 16Mb | 2.1Gb | 6x,16 | Colossus | 01707 258899 | 20 | 60 | ||
Dan Dantum 166MM | £1,683 | llllmm | Moderately expensive but packed with interesting extras. | 16Mb | 1.2Gb | 8x,16 | Dan | 0181 830 1100 | 25 | 84 | ||
Dan Dantum Home 166 | £1,441 | lllmmm | Core quality and performance, but disappointing peripherals. | 16Mb | 1.2Gb | 4x,16 | Dan | 0181 830 1100 | 22 | 107 | ||
Dan Ultimate P166 | £2,740 | lllllm | Well specified and priced.Backed by good support. | 16Mb | 1Gb | 6x,16 | Dan | 0181 830 1100 | 16 | 96 | recommended | |
Dan Ultimate/166 | £2,535 | lllllm | Packed with features, this is almost everything you might want. | 16Mb | 1Gb | 6x,16 | Dan | 0181 830 1100 | 20 | 62 | ||
Dell Dimension XPS P166S | £2,394 | lllmmm | Thoughtfully designed, although overall performance disappointing. | 16Mb | 2.4Gb | 6x,16 | Dell | 01344 720000 | 20 | 94 | ||
Dell Dimension XPS P166s MT | £1,399 | lllmmm | Good specifications but economy measures mar performance. | 16Mb | 1.6Gb | 8x,16 | Dell | 01344 720000 | 25 | 84 | ||
DNA Technologies The Beast | £1,635 | lllmmm | A compact machine but poor performance for the processor class. | 16Mb | 1.6Gb | 6x,16 | DNA Technologies | 0171 501 9555 | 21 | 112 | ||
Evesham Vale Platinum 166 | £1,479 | llllmm | Solid, but with middle of the road performance. | 16Mb | 2.1Gb | 8x,16 | Evesham | 01386 765500 | 25 | 86 | ||
Evesham Vale Platinum Triton SE | £2,089 | lll[mm | A fast system, but its bargain price reflects its sparse feature set. | 16Mb | 2.1Gb | 6x,16 | Evesham | 01386 765500 | 20 | 62 | ||
Evesham Vale Prestige VX P166 | £1,499 | lllllm | A solid performer with an excellent complement of peripherals. | 16Mb | 1Gb | 4x,16 | Evesham | 01386 765500 | 22 | 107 | value | |
Evolution EV P166 TS | £2,195 | lll[mm | Top notch performance, quality components, and a reasonable price. | 16Mb | 2.1Gb | 6x,16 | Evolution | 0181 944 6222 | 2 | 63 | ||
Gateway P5 166 | £2,799 | lllllm | State of the art performance. | 16Mb | 1.6Gb | 6x,16 | Gateway 2000 | 0800 462000 | 17 | 84 | recommended | |
Gateway P5 166 Sovereign | £2,399 | lllllm | Powerful and imposing with great expansion potential. | 16Mb | 1.6Gb | 6x,16 | Gateway 2000 | 0800 632000 | 20 | 66 | ||
HP Vectra VL4 5/166 | £3,100 | ll[mmm | A classy system, but it's high price will make you think twice. | 16Mb | 1.6Gb | 4x,16 | Hewlett-Packard | 0990 474747 | 20 | 66 | ||
IBM PC330 P166 | £2,521 | lllmmm | Beautiful design and build, but at a daunting price. | 16Mb | 1.6Gb | no sound | IBM | 0990 727272 | 25 | 87 | ||
MBC Office Turbo | £1,399 | llmmmm | Disappointingly slow system with poor build quality. | 16Mb | 1.7Gb | 8x,16 | MBC | 0181 208 2333 | 25 | 88 | ||
Mesh Classic 166 NetStation | £1,799 | llmmmm | The chipset and graphics weaken performance of this apparent bargain. | 16Mb | 1Gb | 4x,16 | Mesh | 0181 452 1111 | 20 | 67 | ||
Mesh Elite 166 Premier | £1,299 | llllmm | Well built but falls short on performance. Still reasonable value though. | 16Mb | 1.2Gb | 8x,16 | Mesh | 0181 452 1111 | 25 | 94 | ||
Office Techniques OT P166 | £2,395 | llllmm | Quality components, useful software and respectable performance. | 16Mb | 1.2Gb | 6x,16 | Office Techniques | 01923 211449 | 20 | 67 | ||
Panrix Home MPC | £2,295 | llllmm | Well made PC with good peripherals and realistic configuration. | 16Mb | 1.2Gb | 6x,16 | Panrix | 01132 444958 | 23 | 122 | ||
Panrix Micron P166 | £2,390 | lllllm | Decent but unimpressive performance, with abundant software. | 16Mb | 1.2Gb | 6x,16 | Panrix | 01132 444958 | 20 | 68 | ||
PEP ST 5166 | £2,875 | lllllm | Excells in performance, design and setup, but at a high price. | 16Mb | 2.1Gb | 6x,16 | PEP | 01923 212611 | 20 | 68 | ||
Polar Professional 166 | £1,999 | lllmmm | Average in most respects but very reasonably priced. | 16Mb | 1.6Gb | 4x,16 | Polar | 01625 858577 | 20 | 69 | ||
Siemens Nixdorf Scenic Pro C5/166 | £2,110 | lmmmmm | Internal design, performance and price are all disappointing. | 16Mb | 1.2Gb | 6x,16 | Siemens | 01344 850500 | 25 | 97 | ||
Simply Multimedia P166 | £2,592 | llllmm | Unexciting performance and poor build quality for the money. | 16Mb | 1.2Gb | 6x,16 | Simply Computers | 0181 498 2100 | 20 | 70 | ||
Viglen Awesome 166 | £2,999 | llllmm | Impressive, but only a 14.4 modem and poor speakers. | 32Mb | 1.6 Gb | 6x,16 | Viglen | 0181 758 7000 | 18 | 89 | ||
Viglen Genie PCI P5/166 | £2,324 | lllmmm | Well built, but corners have been cut with sound, graphics and the hard disc. | 16Mb | 1Gb | 6x,16 | Viglen | 0181 758 7000 | 20 | 70 | ||
Vtech P166-VX Multimedia | £1,599 | lllmmm | Capable, but not fast, cheap or special enough. | 16Mb | 2.1Gb | 8x,16 | Crown | 01704 895815 | 25 | 98 | ||
Zenith Z-station GT166 | £3,100 | l[mmmm | Poor performance and a high price. | 16Mb | 1.6Gb | 4x,16 | Zenith | 01756 702800 | 20 | 71 | ||
P200 | ||||||||||||
Armari Arcturus P200 | £2,249 | lllllm | Exceptionally fast and well specified, with impressive upgrade potential. | 32Mb | 2.5Gb | 8x,16 | Armari | 0181 810 7441 | 24 | 134 | recommended | |
Dan Ultimate P200 | £2,315 | lllllm | A powerful well rounded system built from quality components. | 16Mb | 1.2Gb | 8x,16 | Dan | 0181 830 1100 | 22 | 121 | ||
Dell Dimension XPS 200S | £2,199 | llllmm | Well made, well specified and good value. | 16Mb | 1.6Gb | 8x,16 | Dell | 01344 720000 | 23 | 120 | ||
Evesham Vale Platinum HX P200 | £2,168 | llllmm | Tidy and well specified with reasonable expansion potential. | 32Mb | 2Gb | 8x,16 | Evesham Micros | 01386 765500 | 23 | 121 | ||
Gateway P5-200 | £2,199 | llllmm | Plenty of PC for your money. A good value power Pentium. | 16Mb | 2.5Gb | 8x,16 | Gateway 2000 | 0800 552000 | 22 | 120 | ||
Olivetti Modulo P-200-T | £2,439 | lllmmm | Solidly constructed and expandable, but poor monitor. | 32Mb | 2.1Gb | 8x,no sound | Olivetti | 0181 785 6666 | 24 | 132 | ||
Viglen Awesome P200 | £2,333 | lllmmm | Well made and reasonably expandable, but not as fast as it should be. | 32Mb | 2Gb | 8x,16 | Viglen | 0181 758 7000 | 24 | 133 | ||
Pro/180 | ||||||||||||
Apricot LS550 | £3,679 | llllmm | Excellent design, good performance, but a tad pricey. | 32Mb | 1.7Gb | 6x,no sound | Apricot | 0800 212422 | 23 | 124 | ||
Pro/200 | ||||||||||||
Carrera Gemini | £6,745 | llllmm | A power machine best suited to multithreaded applications. | 64Mb | 4Gb | 6x,no sound | Carrera | 0171 830 0486 | 20 | 95 | ||
Dell Dimensions XLS Pro 200 | £3,999 | lllllm | Blistering 50% faster than a P/166. | 32Mb | 2.1 Gb | 6x, no sound | Dell | 01344 720000 | 19 | 100 | ||
Dell Dimensions XPS Pro 200N | £3,147 | lllllm | A storming performer, great case design and top quality peripherals. | 32Mb | 2Gb | 8x, no sound | Dell | 01344 720000 | 21 | 108 | ||
Evolution EV-PRO200 | £3,395 | lllllm | An expensive beast, but you get what you pay for. | 32Mb | 4.5Gb | 8x, no sound | Evolution | 0181 944 6222 | 25 | 152 | recommended | |
Gateway G6-200 Imperial | £2,999 | llllmm | Good value for the processor class and good performance. | 32Mb | 2.5Gb | 8x,16 | Gateway 2000 | 0800 462000 | 21 | 110 | ||
Hewlett-Packard Vectra VA 6/200 | £3,578 | lllmmm | Well made, but pricey and slow in comparison with the competition. | 32Mb | 1.2Gb | 8x, no sound | Hewlett-Packard | 0990 474747 | 23 | 126 | ||
Red Box Prostation 200 | £4,245 | lllllm | A solid workstation, for CAD and graphics. | 64Mb | 2Gb | 4x, no sound | Red Box | 01480 405541 | 20 | 96 |
Last Update: 11/10/96