Posted 08/06/06 at 08:08:01 AM by The Maximum PC Staff

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

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Posted 06/09/06 at 05:54:58 PM by The Maximum PC Staff

Did you know that each minute you spend reading is one more minute you aren't being mauled by a bear?

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Posted 06/09/06 at 01:59:43 AM by Josh Norem

We reviewed the new Premium version of the H20-120, which is Swiftech’s standard high-performance water-cooling kit. Since we last reviewed the kit, Swiftech made several changes in order to simplify installation, improve performance, and promote silent operation. All in all, Swiftech has fixed almost every issue the previous kit had, with one exception—the instructions are still horrible.

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Posted 05/25/06 at 02:10:39 PM by Gordon Mah Ung

We’ve come to realize that there are two kinds of Maximum PC readers: The first is the standard Joe or Jane who has four desktop machines at home to do all the heavy lifting. For these users, a small, low-power notebook is more than sufficient.

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Posted 05/23/06 at 02:24:49 PM by Josh Norem

Backup drives are usually pretty bland and uninteresting, consisting of just a drive mounted inside a plastic shell. Not this time! Maxtor has managed to tickle our Geek-spot by wedging two 500GB drives inside a sexy rubber lunchbox, and adding a dash of RAID for spice. It all amounts to one hell of a drive, and it’s the new end-all, be-all backup drive as far as we’re concerned.

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Posted 05/19/06 at 02:37:08 PM by Steve Klett

Wireless is the new tech race in the compact digital camera field, and Kodak was first out of the Wi-Fi gate with the EasyShare One. This 4 megapixel “compact” camera has 802.11b connectivity that not only lets you print your images wirelessly but also share them on the web.

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Posted 05/17/06 at 02:42:45 PM by Michael Brown

Tired of scheduling your life around your favorite crime dramas and soap operas? Get your TV anywhere with Sony's LocationFree TV.

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Posted 05/13/06 at 03:04:04 PM by Michael Brown

You know a device has a great user interface when someone utterly unfamiliar with it accomplishes a task within 10 seconds of picking it up. Apple’s iPods pass this test with aplomb; Creative’s Zen Vision: M utterly fails it. It’s a significant flaw in an otherwise terrific media player.

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