PCs
Name Price Rating Comment RAM HD MM Supplier Tel Issue Page no Additional comments, notes
Intel
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