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Top 10 Power PCs
A Gateway model boasting a 1.5-GHz Pentium 4 processor nabs the top spot.
- Gateway Professional S 1500 »
- Polywell Poly 830K7-1100 »
- Dell Dimension 8100 1.5GHz »
- Polywell Poly 850GB-1500 »
- 20th Century Fox Performance 1100T »
- Xi Computer 1100K MTower SP »
- HP VECTRA VL800 DT P4-1.5GHZ 40GB 256MB 12X DVD ENET W2K - NO PP/SB »
- Tangent Medallion Pro »
- 3Dlabs Performance Ultra »
- HP VECTRA VL400 MT P3-933 30GB-HD 128MB CD-RW G450 ENET NT/W2K -NO PP »
It's what's inside that counts. Take, for instance, the Gateway Professional S 1500, which grabs the top spot this month. This 1.5-GHz P4 machine exhibits imposing performance on our PC WorldBench 2000 tests and features an intuitive tool-less design that makes upgrading as easy as using a Lego set. Another PC equipped with a 1.5-GHz P4 also debuts on the chart this month--the spiffy-looking Polywell Poly 850GB-1500, which divides 60GB of storage between two hard drives connected by a RAID controller for extra speed. The Poly comes onto the chart at number four.
Also of Note
Sharp-eyed readers will notice that last month's number one system (the Gateway E-4600XL Deluxe) is nowhere to be found on this month's chart. Because the specifications of that system are so close to those of the new Gateway Professional S 1500, we did not include it. When we're presented with two extremely similar machines from the same vendor, we sometimes remove the older one. In this case, the two machines share the same CPU, memory, and other features, but the E-4600XL Deluxe is designed more for corporate environments (with a number of remote-management features) while the Professional is aimed at small and home offices, where the system won't be managed by an IS department.
In contrast, the two Polywells that made the chart--the Poly 830K7-1100 and the Poly 850GB-1500--are dissimilar systems equipped with different processors, memory types, and prices. As a result, each earns its own place on the chart.
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