PC World's 20th World Class Award Winners

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Computer Product of the Year: Athlon XP
Best Home PC: Dell 8200
Best Ultralight Notebook: Fujitsu LifeBook P-2000
Best PDA: Sony Clié PNG PEG-NR70V
Best Notebook: IBM ThinkPad A31P

Best Networking Product: Linksys BEFW11S4 (Wi-Fi)
Best Recordable-DVD Drive: Pioneer's DVR-A04
Best Graphics Board: (Visiontek) nVidia GeForce4 Ti 4400
Best Digital Camera--$500 or More: Canon PowerShot G2
Best Digital Camera--Under $500: Toshiba PDR-M71
Best Digital Audio Player: IRiver America SlimX
Best Gadget: Sonicblue ReplayTV 4000
Best Input Device: Logitech Cordless Freedom Optical
Best Hard Drive: Maxtor D540X
Best CD-RW Drive: Plextor PlexWriter 40/12/40A
Best Flat-Panel Display: ViewSonic VG171
Best Scanner: Epson Perfection 1650 Photo
Best Sound Card: Creative Labs SoundBlaster Audigy Platinum
Best PC Speaker System: Logitech Z-560
Best Ink Jet Printer: Epson Stylus C80

Best Freeware: Lavasoft Ad-aware
Best E-Mail: Pegasus Mail 4
Best Instant Messaging: Cerulean Studios Trillian
Best CD Burning: Stomp Click'N Burn

other winners

 

[Angrymarshmello]

Think they forgot:

Best Paperweight After It Craps Out: Logitech Z-560

Or maybe the IBM 75 or 60GXP series

 

[RaynorWolfcastle]

I can't believe they didn't give Northwood "Computer Product of the Year", Intel pulling off .12 micron almost a year before AMD should be reason enough to give it to them.

-Ice

 

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Originally posted by: icecool83
I can't believe they didn't give Northwood "Computer Product of the Year", Intel pulling off .12 micron almost a year before AMD should be reason enough to give it to them.

Not really, when you consider that even with the much better process and much higher clock rates, the P4 mostly runs even to the Athlon XP.

 

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Originally posted by: icecool83
I can't believe they didn't give Northwood "Computer Product of the Year", Intel pulling off .12 micron almost a year before AMD should be reason enough to give it to them.

-Ice

Don't you mean .13 micron?

 

[RaynorWolfcastle]

Originally posted by: Vespasian

Originally posted by: icecool83
I can't believe they didn't give Northwood "Computer Product of the Year", Intel pulling off .12 micron almost a year before AMD should be reason enough to give it to them.

-Ice

Don't you mean .13 micron?

😱 of course... sorry for the typo (like my post was completely incomprehensible if I didn't make that clarification 😛 )

-Ice

 

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Best Sound Card: Creative Labs SoundBlaster Audigy Platinum

CL sucks.