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Name | Price | Rating | Comment | RAM | HD | MM | Supplier | Tel | Issue | Page no | Additional comments, notes | |
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Amstrad PC486 | £1,106 | lllmmm | A valid choice for a tight budget. | 4 | 270 Mb | 2x,16 | Amstrad | 01277 228888 | 3 | 99 | ||
486DX2/66 | ||||||||||||
Amstrad PC9486 | £1,399 | llmmmm | Little to recommend this machine. | 8 | 408 Mb | none | Amstrad | 01227 228888 | 1 | 45 | ||
Apricot Xen-PC | £1,759 | lllmmm | The network managers choice. | 8 | 516 Mb | none | Apricot | 0121 717 7171 | 1 | 45 | ||
AST Premmia MX4/66d | £2,070 | llmmmm | Impressive credentials, and a good performer. | 8 | 425 Mb | none | AST | 0990 611611 | 1 | 46 | ||
Brother BC54dx2 | £1,499 | lllmmm | Sluggish and doubts about long term expandability. | 8 | 420 Mb | none | Brother | 01279 416888 | 1 | 46 | ||
Compaq Deskpro XL 466 | £2,215 | llllmm | Noisy keyboard, but good all rounder. | 8 | 504 Mb | none | Compaq | 0181 332 3888 | 1 | 48 | ||
Dan for Windows | £1,391 | lllmmm | Not much to look at but a powerful no frills machine. | 8 | 420 Mb | none | Dan | 0181 830 1100 | 1 | 48 | ||
Dell Optiplex 466 Le | £1,559 | lllmmm | The network managers dream. Highly upgradable. | 8 | 324 Mb | none | Dell | 01344 720000 | 1 | 50 | ||
Digital Lpx+ 486 d2 | £1,615 | lllmmm | Not the fastest, but a good all rounder and well designed. | 8 | 329 Mb | none | Digital | 0181 286 5000 | 1 | 50 | ||
Elonex PC 466/I | £2,165 | lllmmm | Lots of user friendly features. | 8 | 502 MB | none | Elonex | 0181 452 4444 | 1 | 51 | ||
Elonex WS-466 | £1,505 | lllllm | A quick PC in a small box. | 8 | 250 Mb | none | Elonex | 0181 452 4444 | 1 | 88 | ||
Evesham Vale | £1,418 | lllmmm | Good and expandable, but manual needs attention. | 8 | 503 Mb | none | Evesham Micros | 01386 765500 | 1 | 51 | ||
Gateway 4DX2-66 | £1,508 | llllmm | Feature packed machine with PCI power. | 8 | 514 Mb | 2x16 | Gateway 2000 | 0800 462000 | 1 | 54 | value | |
IBM PC330 DX2/66 | £1,540 | llllmm | Poor keyboard. | 16 | 270 Mb | none | IBM | 0345 727272 | 5 | 90 | ||
IBM ValuePoint 466DX2/Dp | £2,275 | lllmmm | Well designed, good display and upgrade potential. | 8 | 364 Mb | 2x,16 | IBM | 0345 727272 | 1 | 54 | ||
ICL ValuePlus VL/66d | £1,680 | lllmmm | Smart design and solid performance. | 8 | 258 Mb | none | ICL | 0800 317711 | 1 | 55 | ||
Locland | £1,533 | lllmmm | Little is wrong with this machine, but also little outstanding. | 8 | 541 Mb | none | Locland | 01355 228808 | 1 | 55 | ||
Mitac DM4466V | £1,249 | lllmmm | Average performer, but good overall styling and design. | 8 | 327 Mb | none | Mitac | 01952 207200 | 1 | 58 | ||
MJN 486/DX66 | £879 | lllmmm | Neither hard disc nor graphics performance are impressive. | 4 | 340 Mb | none | MJN | 01282 777555 | 2 | 99 | ||
MJN 486DX2-66V/CD | £1,399 | lllmmm | Not the fastest, but one of the cheapest. | 8 | 521 Mb | 2x,16 | MJN | 01282 777555 | 1 | 58 | ||
NEC PowerMate 466D | £2,305 | lllmmm | Good construction and performance. | 8 | 404 Mb | none | NEC | 0181 993 8111 | 1 | 59 | ||
Panrix 486DX/66 PCI | £1,799 | lllllm | Very fast and impressive at a reasonable price. | 8 | 503 Mb | 2x,16 | Panrix | 01132 444958 | 1 | 59 | speed | |
Royale 486/66 CDI | £895 | lllllm | Fast and extremely well specified. | 8 | 325 Mb | none | Royale | 01923 213141 | 4 | 106 | recommended | |
Tulip VisionLine dt 4/66 | £1,935 | llmmmm | Average performance, negligable expandability. | 8 | 515 Mb | none | Tulip | 01293 420200 | 1 | 60 | ||
Vanitec Eagle DX2 | £1,599 | lllllm | Well constructed and sensibly specified. | 16 | 540 Mb | 2x,16 | Vanitec | 01249 448777 | 6 | 95 | recommended | |
Viglen Genie Pro PCI | £1,758 | lllmmm | Good display, performance and documentation. | 8 | 504 Mb | none | Viglen | 0181 758 7000 | 1 | 60 |
Last Update: 17/09/96