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FeaturesDo Higher MP3 Bit Rates Pay Off?

In this Maximum PC Challenge, we pit three different levels of losslessly-compressed audio against each other to determine whether we can hear a difference in encode quality.

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PDF ArchivesJanuary 2006 - Arch Rival Face Off!

The complete PDF archive of the January 2006 edition of Maximum PC, every article included, every page posted! Download it now!

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FROM THE ARCHIVEJanuary 2006

Here's what you'll find in the "It's-the-hardware-stupid" issue of Maximum PC, on newsstands now!

VERSUS!
With a powerful blow from our Blade of Benchmarks, Maximum PC cuts through the tough decisions PC power-users face, like a hot knife through buttah! AMD or Intel? Revealed! ATI or nVidia? Clocked! Hitachi or Western Digital? The truth at last! We back up our endorsements with the hard numbers, so you can spend more time building and playing and less time shopping and praying.


THE DIGITIAL CAMCORDER BUYERS GUIDE
Whether you're a professional or an, ahem, "amateur," these six digital video cameras are about more than megapixels.

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How-TosHow To: Install Linux the Easy Way

By Will Smith

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FROM THE ARCHIVECall of Duty 2

Dear Mom and Dad, You’re probably looking at the address on this letter and wondering, “What is Johnny doing back in Belgium?” Well, you’re not going to believe it.

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FROM THE ARCHIVENorton AntiVirus 2006

Like McAfee’s VirusScan 2006, Norton AntiVirus 2006 installed without undue agony, and a relatively swift 28-minute initial scan alerted us to all 12 of the Payload of Misfortune™ rogues.

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FROM THE ARCHIVELogitech G7 Mouse

Usually, cordless mice come with built-in sacrifices: The sensor response rate is slowed to conserve battery life; the battery lasts just 20 hours; rechargeable batteries aren’t included; and/or a cheap transmitter results in radio interference.

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FROM THE ARCHIVEArctic Cooling VGA Silencer

Last month we had high praise for Zalman’s super-quiet VF700-CU LED VGA cooler, but this month we zero in on Arctic Cooling’s extremely popular Silencer series of VGA coolers.

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