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Top 100: The New Beige

New systems like the IBM NetVista A30p--number two on our power desktops chart--are coming dressed in fashionable black.

By Edited by Sean Captain   

Fading to black: Fashion designers say black is practical because everything goes with it. Compaq, Dell, Gateway, and IBM have applied that principle to their latest desktops, having entirely forsaken bland beige boxes for sleek black ones across their lines. The new IBM NetVista A30p, which seizes second place on our power chart, comes totally dressed in black, from its case to its monitor to its Monsoon flat-panel speakers.

Big Black--er, Big Blue--also makes a good showing on the power side of this month's Top 15 Notebooks chart, with the ThinkPad T30 moving into the top spot and the new ThinkPad R32 earning second place.

Freelance writers Dan Littman, Mick Lockey, and Carla Thornton, and PC World reviews editors Richard Baguley, Tracey Capen, Seán Captain, Rebecca Freed, Alexandra Krasne, Kalpana Narayanamurthi, Melissa J. Perenson, and Alan Stafford contributed to the Top 100 section this month. Ulrike Diehlmann, Julio Giannobile, Elliott Kirschling, Jeff Kuta, Tony K. Leung, and Thomas Luong of the PC World Test Center performed testing on the products reviewed in this section, with logistical support provided by Julian Weatherby.

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