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Name | Price | Rating | Comment | RAM | HD | MM | Supplier | Tel | Issue | Page no | Additional comments, notes | |
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P120 | ||||||||||||
Apricot Xen-PCM 120 | £3,348 | lllllm | Well made and very well designed. | 16Mb | 730 Mb | 2,16 | Apricot | 0121 717 7171 | 8 | 86 | recommended | |
Carrera Panther P120 | £2,595 | lllllm | Fast with excellent expansion potential. | 16Mb | 850 Mb | 4x,16 | Carrera | 0171 830 0486 | 9 | 140 | recommended | |
Dan Ultimate P120 | £2,712 | llllll | The most attractive P120 for the price. | 16Mb | 850 Mb | 4x,16 | Dan | 0181 830 1100 | 9 | 140 | excellence | |
Dell Dimension XPS P120C | £3,358 | lllmmm | Overall unimpressive performance, especially graphics. | 16Mb | 1Gb | 4x,16 | Dell | 01344 720000 | 9 | 141 | ||
Gateway 2000 P5-120 | £2,599 | llllmm | The price is right but unexciting performance. | 16Mb | 1Gb | 4x,16 | Gateway 2000 | 0800 462000 | 9 | 141 | ||
Panrix Electron | £2,950 | lllllm | Good monitor and excellent keyboard, | 16Mb | 1Gb | 4x,16 | Panrix | 01132 444958 | 9 | 142 | recommended | |
Red Box Winstation 120 Pro | £2,999 | lllllm | Impressive monitor, modem but short on ISA expansion. | 16Mb | 1.2Gb | 4x,16 | Red Box | 01480 405541 | 9 | 142 | ||
Viglen Genie P5/120 | £2,919 | llllmm | solid performance and expandable. Good monitor. | 16Mb | 1Gb | 4x,16 | Viglen | 0181 758 7000 | 9 | 144 | ||
Vobis Highscreen P120 | £1,446 | llmmmm | Disappointing components, unimpressive peripherals and dire performance. | 16Mb | 1.2 Gb | 4x 16 | Vobis | 0181 207 7000 | 19 | 104 | ||
P133 | ||||||||||||
Acer Aspire P133 | £1,701 | lllmmm | A poor performer, but comes with a reasonable array of software. | 16Mb | 1Gb | 4x,16 | Acer | 01628 533122 | 20 | 98 | ||
Aries Universa P5-P133 | £1,030 | llllmm | A lavish bundle with an impressive warranty, but not very fast. | none | Watford Electronics | 01582 487777 | 23 | 62 | ||||
Armari eXPS-133 | £2,495 | llllmm | Excellent monitor and 6x CD. Poor keyaboard & mouse. | 16Mb | 1Gb | 6x,16 | Armari | 0181 810 7441 | 16 | 60 | ||
Armari Arcturus Pentium 133 | £1,660 | lllllm | All round excellent system with impressive attention to detail. | 16Mb | 1.2Gb | 6x,no sound | Armari | 0181 810 7441 | 23 | 62 | ||
AST Advantage 824 | £1,871 | lllmmm | Good value on the face of it but let down by overall performance. | 16Mb | 1.6Gb | 6x triple caddy, 16 | AST | 0990 611611 | 20 | 97 | ||
AST Bravo Ms P/133 | £2,145 | lllmmm | Good core specifications, but disappointing performance. | 16Mb | 1.6Gb | No CD, 16 bit sound. | AST | 0990 611611 | 18 | 91 | ||
Atlantic Premiere Pentium 133 | £894 | llmmmm | Very basic, though an amazing price. | 16Mb | 1.6Gb | 4x, no sound | Electrowide | 01792 792999 | 23 | 63 | ||
Atlantic Pro95/P133 | £2,099 | llllmm | Middle of the road. Disappointing graphics drivers. | 16Mb | 1Gb | 6x,16 | Atlantic | 01792 700002 | 16 | 60 | ||
Atomstyle P133 | £2,450 | lllmmm | Overall performance let down by slow hard drive. | 16Mb | 1Gb | 4x,16 | Atomstyle | 0181 801 1838 | 13 | 92 | ||
Carrera Panther Ultimate P133 | £2,295 | lllllm | Fastest machine in labs, though others are better equipped. | 16Mb | 1Gb | 4x,16 | Carrera | 0171 830 0486 | 16 | 61 | speed | |
Carrera Panther P133 | £3,095 | llllmm | Price is too high, though perfomance above average. | 16Mb | 1Gb | 4x,16 | Carrera | 0171 830 0486 | 11 | 88 | ||
Carrera Power Media P133 | £1,269 | lllllm | Well built and very fast. Ingenious case design makes upgrading simple. | 16Mb | 1.2Gb | 6x,no sound | Carrera | 0171 830 0486 | 23 | 65 | ||
Colossus P133 Special | £1,549 | lllllm | A system of considerable power, but undercut for price by faster competitors. | 16Mb | 2.1Gb | 8x,16 | Colossus | 01707 258899 | 23 | 65 | ||
Compaq DeskPro 5133 | £3,010 | llmmmm | Credible business machine but dire performance. | 16Mb | 1Gb | 4x,16 | Compaq | 0181 332 3888 | 16 | 61 | ||
Dan Dantum 133 | £1,476 | lllllm | Well built and ultra fast. | 16Mb | 1.2Gb | 4x, no sound | Dan | 0181 830 1100 | 23 | 66 | ||
Dan Ultimate 133 | £2,378 | llllmm | Average performance on a well featured system. | 16Mb | 1Gb | 4x,16 | Dan | 0181 830 1100 | 16 | 62 | ||
Dan Ultimate 133 | £2,962 | lllllm | Blistering speed, with high quality components. | 16Mb | 850 Mb | 4x,16 | Dan | 0181 830 1100 | 10 | 88 | recommended | |
Dell Dimension XPS P133 | £2,199 | lllllm | Excellent multimedia machine at competitive price. | 16Mb | 1.6Gb | 4x,16 | Dell | 01344 720000 | 16 | 62 | value | |
Dell Dimension XPS P133 | £2,649 | lllllm | Lightning performance with top notch peripherals. | 16Mb | 1Gb | 4x,16 | Dell | 01344 720000 | 10 | 89 | recommended | |
Digital Celebris GL 5133ST | £3,245 | llmmmm | Well designed but mediocre performance for the price. | 16Mb | 1.2Gb | 4x,16 | Digital | 0181 286 5000 | 16 | 63 | ||
Digital Venturis FX 5133 | £2,020 | lllmmm | An excellent design let down by its low performance chipset and high price. | 16Mb | 1.7Gb | 4x, no sound | Digital | 0181 286 5000 | 23 | 68 | ||
DNA Robocomp P133 | £923 | lllmmm | A budget system with a slow video card. | 16Mb | 1.2Gb | 6x, no sound | DNA Technologies | 01604 671121 | 23 | 68 | ||
Dotlink Magnum 133CX | £999 | lllllm | An impressive system with good build and features at an outstanding price. | 16Mb | 1.2Gb | 6x, no sound | Dotlink | 0181 902 5802 | 23 | 78 | value | |
Evesham Vale Platunim HX | £1,399 | lllllm | Good features build quality and performance. | 16Mb | 2Gb | 8x, 16 | Evesham Micros | 01386 765500 | 23 | 78 | ||
Evesham Vale Platinum Pro | £2,177 | llllmm | Below par performance. | 16Mb | 1Gb | 4x,16 | Evesham Micros | 01386 765500 | 16 | 63 | ||
Evolution EV Pro 133T | £2,399 | lllllm | Great 17-inch monitor and keyboard. | 16Mb | 1Gb | 4x,16 | Evolution | 0181 944 6222 | 16 | 64 | ||
Evolution EV Pro 133T | £2,695 | lllllm | Extremely fast and well specified. | 16Mb | 1Gb | 4x,16 | Evolution | 0181 944 6222 | 12 | 100 | recommended | |
Fujitsu ICL Ergopro X450/133 | £2,520 | lllmmm | Thoughtfully engineered, but poor performance. | 16Mb | 1Gb | 4x,16 | Fujitsu | 01344 472472 | 17 | 87 | ||
Gaia GT Elite P133 | £1,630 | llllmm | Mediocre performance and build quality. | 16Mb | 1.2Gb | 6x, 16 | Gaia Technologies | 01248 352459 | 23 | 79 | ||
Gateway P5-133 Elite | £2,599 | lllmmm | Disappointing system performance. Triple CD caddy. | 32Mb | 1.6Gb | 4x,16 | Gateway 2000 | 0800 462000 | 16 | 64 | ||
Gateway P5-133 | £4,179 | llllmm | Expensive and impressive. Triple CD caddy. | 32Mb | 1.5Gb | 4x16 | Gateway 2000 | 0800 462000 | 10 | 86 | ||
Gateway P5-133 | £1,429 | lllmmm | Below average performance and monitor at an above average price. | 16Mb | 1.2Gb | 8x, 16 | Gateway 2000 | 0800 602000 | 23 | 82 | ||
Higrade Winputer P133 | £1,595 | lllllm | A competent machine, but let down by its motherboard. | 16Mb | 2Gb | 8x, no sound | HiGrade | 0181 591 9040 | 23 | 82 | ||
HP Vectra 500 P133 | £2,395 | lllmmm | Performance is poor for this processor class. | 16Mb | 1.51 Gb | 4x, 16 | Hewlett-Packard | 0900 474747 | 19 | 102 | ||
HP Vectra VL4 | £2,685 | lllmmm | Powerful professional system. | 16Mb | 1Gb | 4x,16 | Hewlett-Packard | 01344 369222 | 16 | 65 | ||
Hyundai Pentium 133 Multimedia | £1,105 | llmmmm | Poor performance with a price that doesn't compensate. | 16Mb | 1.2Gb | 8x, 16 | Silica | 01483 718100 | 23 | 84 | ||
IBM PC350-P133 | £2,225 | lmmmmm | Inferior performance and without multimedia. | 16Mb | 1.2Gb | none | IBM | 0345 727272 | 16 | 67 | ||
IBM Aptiva P133 | £2,042 | lllmmm | Falls down badly on performance for the price. | 8Mb | 1.6Gb | 4x,16 | IBM | 0345 727272 | 21 | 111 | ||
Mesh Elite 133 Professional | £1,149 | llllmm | Good value bundle but not quite as polished as some. | 16Mb | 1.2Gb | 8x, no sound | Mesh | 0181 452 1111 | 23 | 84 | ||
Mesh Elite 133 Ultima | £1,195 | llllmm | Good list of features and peripherals, but mediocre performance. | 16Mb | 1.2Gb | 8x,16 | Mesh | 0181 452 1111 | 24 | 141 | ||
Mesh Elite95 Pro 133 | £2,295 | lllllm | Feature packed machine. | 16Mb | 1.6Gb | 6x,16 | Mesh | 0181 452 1111 | 16 | 67 | ||
MJN P133 Multimedia | £2,189 | llllmm | Relatively inexpensive but unimpressive performance. | 16Mb | 1.6Gb | 6x,16 | MJN | 01282 777555 | 16 | 68 | ||
NEC PowerMate V133 | £2,155 | lmmmmm | Fails to impress from a big name at a high price. | 16Mb | 1.6Gb | 4x4 autochanger, no sound | NEC | 0181 993 8111 | 23 | 86 | ||
Office Techniques P133T | £1,516 | lllmmm | Well built and configured but middling performance. | 16Mb | 1.2Gb | 8x, no sound | Office Techniques | 01923 211449 | 23 | 86 | ||
Olympian Evolution 2000 133W/S | £1,249 | lllllm | Fast and competitively priced. | 16Mb | 1.2Gb | 4x, no sound | Olympian | 0181 880 4222 | 23 | 87 | ||
Packard Bell Executive Multimedia 916D | £1,701 | llmmmm | Some nice touches but a steep price for a rather ordinary and slow machine. | 8Mb | 1.2Gb | 4x,16 | Packard Bell | 01753 831914 | 23 | 123 | ||
Panrix Ultra P133 | £2,275 | lllllm | Fast and well built. | 16Mb | 1Gb | 6x,16 | Panrix | 01132 444958 | 16 | 68 | ||
Panrix Micron P133 | £3,149 | lllmmm | Slightly lacklustre graphics. | 16Mb | 1Gb | 4x,16 | Panrix | 01132 444958 | 11 | 90 | ||
Panrix Micron P133 | £1,395 | lllllm | A solidly built system but not up to the speed standards of some. | 16Mb | 1.2Gb | 6x, no sound | Panrix | 01132 444958 | 23 | 89 | ||
PC Science P133 Business Pro | £1,349 | lllllm | A professional SCSI machine just lacking the performance of a front runner. | 16Mb | 2.1Gb | 8x, no sound | PC Science | 01423 323386 | 23 | 89 | ||
Red Box Winstation 133 | £2,695 | lllllm | Impressive, but expensive. | 16Mb | 2Gb | ?x,16 | Red Box | 01480 405541 | 16 | 75 | ||
Red Box Winstation Xpress | £1,395 | llllll | Ultra fast machine whose outstanding performance is worth the expense. | 16Mb | 1.2Gb | ?x,no sound | Red Box | 01480 405541 | 23 | 90 | speed | |
Red Box P133 | £2,950 | lllllm | Very fast and well specified. | 16Mb | 1Gb | 4x,16 | Red Box | 01480 405541 | 12 | 101 | recommended | |
RTM P133 Pro/Ultima | £2,679 | llllmm | Overpriced despite good components. | 16Mb | 1Gb | 4x,16 | RTM | 0161 743 9333 | 16 | 75 | ||
Viglen P5/133 | £2,872 | llllmm | Not the fastest, though good value. | 16Mb | 1.6Gb | 4x,16 | Viglen | 0181 758 7000 | 11 | 89 | ||
West One ProSeries Vitesse | £1,069 | lllllm | well chosen and assembled hardware at a keen price. | 16Mb | 1.2Gb | 6x, no sound | West One | 0171 734 0669 | 23 | 90 |
Last Update: 11/10/96