Posted 10/19/04 at 08:30:23 PM by Maximum PC

A decent ink jet, but it can't compete with the dye subs

Month Reviewed: November 2004
Verdict: 7
URL: www.epson.com

Of the four printers here, Epson’s PictureMate is the only ink jet.

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Posted 10/18/04 at 08:38:00 PM by Maximum PC

A fantastic photo printer

Month Reviewed: November 2004
Verdict: 9
URL: www.sonystyle.com

We’ll admit it: Sony’s DPP EX-50 surprised us.

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Posted 10/18/04 at 08:34:09 PM by Maximum PC

Incredibly small and convienient, but image quality and included media is a downer.

Month Reviewed: November 2004
Verdict: 6
URL: www.olympus.com

Don’t be fooled by the CP-220’s strikingly diminutive profile—thanks to the Olympus P-10’s cube shape and small paper tray, it actually has the smallest footprint of the printers reviewed here.

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Posted 10/16/04 at 07:13:12 PM by Maximum PC

Since Logitech’s Z-680 5.1 speaker set currently reigns supreme in Labville, and is the only speaker system to receive a perfect 10 verdict in the past two years or so, we wondered what Logitech could possibly do to improve them. Now we know. The Z-5500 Digital system is better than the Z-680 in every possible way, with one small exception (more on that later).

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Posted 10/07/04 at 07:20:20 PM by Maximum PC

When Klipsch first released the GMX series of speakers, they were strictly digital and thus offered little value to PC users (nForce users notwithstanding).

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Posted 10/07/04 at 06:20:19 PM by Maximum PC

A plain exterior hides ultra-fast performance

The eVGA e-GeForce 6800 Ultra AGP may look like a standard nVidia reference design, but its plain exterior belies a lightning-fast GPU.

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Posted 10/02/04 at 07:03:08 PM by Maximum PC

The Lance Armstrong of MP3 players breaks another ribbon

If you don’t like ballet, it’s likely that the only possible enjoyment you get out of watching a performance is in wondering when one of the dancers is going to screw up and land with a spectacular thud on the stage.

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Posted 10/01/04 at 12:00:00 AM by The Maximum PC Staff

In the PDF archive of the October 2004 issue, you can find:

• The 10 Best Utilities You've Never Heard Of!
• Doomr 3 Engine Tech-splanation!
• Desktop Deathmatch!
• Exclusive How-To: Make WinXP work like Windows Longhorn in 4 easy steps!
• Ask the Doctor
• Rig of the Month
• The Watchdog
• And a whole lot more!

Click the big giant cover image to the right to download the PDF archive today!

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