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Check out reviews and key stats on 7 personal computers in our interactive guide. The Compaq Presario 5300nx, above, is priced at $1,260. (Image courtesy Compaq)
PCs' New Flash
Mere Speed Is Not Enough
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HARD DRIVES
Give Your Storage a Boost
It's a fine time to add a massive new hard drive to your system. The average price per gigabyte is at an all-time low -- just under a buck for the typical Serial ATA interface model, and about 75 cents for tested models that use the earlier but still very common Parallel ATA interface.

How To
Tap Your PC from Abroad
There you are, wandering around Venice or Tokyo or Montreal, when you suddenly get an urge to access your home computer. Perhaps you need a certain file or the address of your Quebecois pal. Or maybe you just miss the little fella. Whatever your reason, there are ways to access your computer from anywhere in the world, whenever you want. In most (but not all) cases, you'll need to leave your home computer connected to the Internet and find a way to get online while you're away.

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Making the Computer Easier to Use (Post, Jan. 30, 2005)

U.S. May Scrutinize IBM's China Deal: Some See Risk of Industrial Espionage (Post, Jan. 25, 2005)

Equip Your PC With Free Software (Post, Jan. 23, 2005)

Macworld Notebook (TechNews.com, Jan. 12, 2005; 1:18 PM)

Apple Makes Tiny Steps For the Masses (Post, Jan. 12, 2005)

3-Point Shopping For a Computer (Post, Nov. 21, 2004)

Gateway to Shutter Stores On April 9, Cut 2,500 Jobs: Sales to Be Online, Via Other Retailers (Post, April 2, 2004)

Faltering Gateway To Buy EMachines: Combination Could Be No. 3 Computer Maker (Post, Jan. 31, 2004)

Multimedia Sharing Just Isn't There Yet (Post, Dec. 14, 2003)

PCs' New Flash: Buying Bells And Whistles (Post, Nov. 23, 2003)

Mere Speed Is Not Enough (Post, Nov. 23, 2003)

Apple iMac (Post, Nov. 23, 2003)

Compaq Presario 5300nx (Post, Nov. 23, 2003)

Dell Dimension 4600 (Post, Nov. 23, 2003)

eMachines T2865 (Post, Nov. 23, 2003)

Gateway 510x (Post, Nov. 23, 2003)

HP Pavilion a330n (Post, Nov. 23, 2003)




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