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============================================================ ********** Sponsored by Dell Home Systems ********** Up to $250 Off with mail-in rebate on select new Dell Home PCs. Offer ends 9/15. Click for details. http://eletters.pcmag.com/zd1/cts?d=81-1093-1-1-371668-101060-1 ************************************************************ ============================================================ Welcome to today's edition of Inside PCMag.com. Systems' CPUs are now topping 3.2 GHz, but with CPU speed differences becoming harder and harder to measure, we were wondering where you put your dollars. Do you buy into the fastest CPU you can possibly get, or go for bigger hard drives and graphics add-in cards? Tell us how you spend your money in the forums. http://eletters.pcmag.com/zd1/cts?d=81-1093-1-1-371668-101063-1 IN THIS ISSUE: * Review Roundup: Take-No-Prisoners Game Machines * Review: Easy-to-Use Ergonomic Keyboard * Interview: Fiorina Charts HP's New Course * Show Report: Intel's Development Front * Review: MSN Music Takes on All Comers * News: Some Lexmark Printers Could Present Electrical Hazard * Product News: Nokia Announces Smart Phone * Plus: A Camcorder First ============================================================ Review Roundup: Take-No-Prisoners Game Machines You can be a gamer or a GAMER. The distinction should be clear. The former plays games frequently on his home system. The latter builds or buys the ultimate gaming system. It is for the uppercase guy that we've collected five killer gaming systems that look the part, have all the performance chops, and cost the expected moola. Read our reviews of systems from Velocity, Cyberpower, Overdrive, and others to decide which system you'll be emptying your bank account on. http://eletters.pcmag.com/zd1/cts?d=81-1093-1-1-371668-101066-1 ============================================================ Review: Easy-to-Use Ergonomic Keyboard Microsoft has made many new keyboards and mice over the years, some of them introducing radical innovations. The company's new Microsoft Wireless Optical Desktop Comfort Edition is new, but the changes are far more subtle than much of what's come before. Still, the keyboard gets high marks for a clever design that's remarkably comfortable to use. It does fall short, though, in one surprising area. Learn where in our full review. http://eletters.pcmag.com/zd1/cts?d=81-1093-1-1-371668-101069-1 ============================================================ Interview: Fiorina Charts HP's New Course Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina has navigated this massive company through the firestorm of criticism it endured during the Compaq merger and is now steering a course toward expanded innovation and new inroads into the consumer electronics space (the new HP iPod being a prime example). What's the company's master plan? Fiorina reveals all in a wide-ranging discussion with PC Magazine Editor-in-Chief Michael J. Miller. http://eletters.pcmag.com/zd1/cts?d=81-1093-1-1-371668-101072-1 ============================================================ Show Report: Intel's Development Front The big Intel Developer Forum has wrapped up and now we're scanning our photos and notes to figure out what it all means for the future of desktops, notebooks, digital homes, wireless, and more. We have the report and mucho slides to prove we were there. http://eletters.pcmag.com/zd1/cts?d=81-1093-1-1-371668-101075-1 ============================================================ Review: MSN Music Takes on All Comers Microsoft has officially jumped, feet first, into the legal music downloading market, and the results are in. There is, according to our reviewer, nothing new here, but it is an adroit service that gets the job done. Will you want to switch from Musicmatch or Napster? Read the review and you make the final choice. http://eletters.pcmag.com/zd1/cts?d=81-1093-1-1-371668-101078-1 ============================================================ News: Some Lexmark Printers Could Present Electrical Hazard Dell, Lexmark, and IBM have recalled more than half a dozen printers for possible electrical problems that could injure end users. We have all the important details on which printers have problems and what you need to do. http://eletters.pcmag.com/zd1/cts?d=81-1093-1-1-371668-101081-1 ============================================================ Product News: Nokia Announces Smart Phone Nokia's latest smart phone, the 9300, will, when it ships early next year, stand apart from competitor entries for its candy-bar size, large screen, and keyboard. Learn more in our product report. http://eletters.pcmag.com/zd1/cts?d=81-1093-1-1-371668-101084-1 ============================================================ Plus: A Camcorder First Sony's HDR-FX1 Handycam is capable of high-definition video. http://eletters.pcmag.com/zd1/cts?d=81-1093-1-1-371668-101087-1 ============================================================ The PCMag.com Bookstore PC Magazine's Windows XP Solutions Ever wish they'd consulted you before they designed Windows XP? Sure, it's a great system, but there's this one feature that makes you crazy. 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