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Top 10 Power PCs

Newcomers take four of the top five spots on this month's chart, including our two Best Buys.

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There's been a shake-up at the top of the power chart this month: New systems appear in the first three slots and at number five. All four newcomers feature 1.2-GHz Athlon processors, and the top two--Micron's Millennia Max XP2 and Polywell's Poly 880K7-1200--pair the CPU with speedy DDR memory.

Note: Micron Electronics has recently announced that it is selling its MicronPC.com business; see "New in the Top 100" for details.

Also of Note

IBM's $1899 NetVista A40p scored only 171 on our PC WorldBench 2000 tests, 11 points below the average for 1-GHz PIII systems running Windows 2000. This poor performance keeps it off the chart.

All-in-one systems typically don't fare well on our PC WorldBench 2000 tests, and NEC's latest $2699 PowerMate 2000 is no exception: This PIII-800 machine running Windows 98 earned a PC WorldBench 2000 score of 139--9 points below the average for similarly configured systems. The PC (which uses laptop components) does fit into a very small space, but its high price and lackluster performance keep it from making the chart.

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