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Web Savvy: Smart Shopping on Today's Web

Harry McCracken looks back several months to the golden age of online buying.

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Gimme Five: Top Sites for PC Hardware Fanatics

Looking for sources of advanced information on PC nuts and bolts? Head to these prime destinations for under-the-hood news, reviews, and advice:

  1. Tom's Hardware Guide: This full-blown community of PC fans teems with opinionated message boards.

  2. The PC Guide: Technical hardware info in plain English, plus a great guide to PC fundamentals.

  3. Ars Technica: Unabashedly geeky coverage of CPUs, motherboards, and the like; if you plan to build your own PC, go here first.

  4. MadOnion.com: Free tools such as downloadable benchmarks and an upgrade advisor that analyzes your PC's parts.

  5. StorageReview.com: A wealth of data on hard, CD-RW, and DVD-ROM drives, including specs, tests, and a comparison engine.

Write PC World Executive Editor Harry McCracken at websavvy@pcworld.com.
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