BYTE Hardware Lab Report

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February 1998	•    Storage Part 1: 15 Disks Cover More Data Than Ever .  The newest hard drives are high-speed, high-capacity marvels: better, cheaper, and able to pack more data into ever-smaller volumes.
January 1998	•    Eight Heavy-Hitting NT Workstations .  With the 440LX chip set at the helm, the Pentium II steers its way clear to workstation nirvana.

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December 1997	•    Back to the Future with 9 Network Computers .  Stretching the envelope or a blast from the past? BYTE reveals what's new about these nine NCs.
November 1997	•    26 No-Compromise Power Portables .  New MMX laptops with 166-, 200-, and 233-MHz processors equal a virtual office desktop replacement.
October 1997	•    Bandwidth on a Budget: 34 Fast Modems .  Speed to 56 Kbps and beyond with X2, K56flex, ISDN, and ADSL devices.
September 1997	•    Power Platforms: 233- and 266-MHz Pentium IIs Compared .  These 17 Pentium II systems deliver surprising power and promise to the desktop.
August 1997	•    Hand-Helds Get Serious .  These tiny computers offer robust performance, surprising functionality, and true portability.
July 1997	•    MMX Power for Desktop PCs .  Stretching the envelope, MMX PCs marry a compelling mix of performance and promise.
June 1997	•    Centralize Your CD-ROMs .  These CD-ROM servers pump up your network's data delivery.
May 1997	•    Multiprocessor Intranet Servers .  NT servers challenge Unix systems on intranets -- and prove equal to the task.
April 1997	•    Seven Fast Color Printers .  These midrange printers, though still pricey, give you business-quality color without trading off performance.
March 1997	•    13 Modems: Fast for the Web .  What's speed got to do with it? Everything.
February 1997	•    13 Graphics Cards for Business .  Professional-level 2-D graphics cards grow increasingly sophisticated. Most now have low-end 3-D features.
January 1997	•    Big Screens for Big Jobs .  A big, high-quality display can make a long day shorter. We test 38 monitors.

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December 1996	•    Six Laser Printers for Workgroups .  These network lasers have the speed and capacity to handle the printing needs of any large workgroup.
November 1996	•    Eight Twin-Engine Pentium Pro Workstations .  For compute-intensive applications, a second Pentium Pro chip can make the job go faster.
October 1996	•    19 Pentium Portables Do Multimedia .  With Pentium processors, gigabytes of drive space, large screens, and CD-ROM drives, these notebooks are more than ready for prime time.
September 1996	•    10 Multifunction Telephony Boards .  We test devices that put fax, modem, and voice capability all in one place.
August 1996	•    12 Tape Libraries for Network Backup .  We test data storehouses t hat feature at least one tape drive, gigabytes of storage space, and more.
July 1996	•    5 Reliable Servers for Remote Access .  Don't get caught in a network jam. Stay connected with one of the five fast, reliable remote-access servers tested here.
June 1996	•    12 Ink-Jet Printers for Quality Color .  Choose from among the dozen ink-jets we tested for affordable, high-quality output.
May 1996	•    16 Drives for Fast Data Backup .  Are you constantly running out of hard drive space? Back up your data with one of the drives tested here. The media is removable, has a long shelf life, and offers low per-megabyte storage costs.
April 1996	•    13 Notebooks With Video Muscle .  Strengthen on-the-road video presentations with the persuasive power of multimedia. We test Pentium-based notebooks that will make your presentations bigger than life.
March 1996	•    6 Servers Tangle on the Web .  Make your presence known on the Web with these powerful turnkey server solutions. We saturate the systems with request loads that simulate TCP/IP traffic jams on the Internet.
February 1996	•    18 Graphics Cards Quick On The Draw .  Pick from among these 18 graphics cards to intensify your pixel production at high resolutions
January 1996	•    20 Big-Picture Monitors .  NSTL evaluates the best large-screen monitors for today's highly graphical applications

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December 1995	•    16 Pentiums High On Win 95 .  Need more horsepower? We pick the fastest 120-MHz and 133-MHz Pentium desktop PCs u sing our new Windows 95-based tests
November 1995	•    12 Network Printers Set The Pace .  Keep those print jobs rolling with these fast, 16- to 32-page-per-minute networked laser printers and stay ahead of the paper flow
October 1995	•    11 Ultraportables Go The Distance .  On the road again? These portables weigh in at about 6 pounds and offer near-desktop-level performance, great displays, large hard drives, and loads of useful features.
September 1995	•    Hands-On Testing: 16 Fast, Reliable RAID Subsystems .  If network server downtime has you singing the blues, the disk array subsystems tested here will keep you and your organization up and running
August 1995	•    5 Internet Servers Go Head-To-Head .  For a minimal initial investment, your company can set up its own in-house Internet server. We stress-tested high-end RISC- and Pentium-based systems.
July 1995	•    29 Switching Hubs Save The Bandwidth .  B ecause they're more efficient, more convenient, and increasingly less expensive, Ethernet switching hubs are replacing router-repeater setups in LANs
June 1995	•    32 V.34 Modems Answer The Call .  What do you want from a modem? Speed? Interoperability? Reliability? Read on--all the information on 28.8-Kbps external and PC Card modems is right here.
May 1995	•    29 Printers That Mean Business .  Concentrate on the basics, but add color to get the edge
April 1995	•    30 No-Compromise Notebooks .  We test top-of-the-line notebook computers with the horsepower and features to make traveling executives' dreams come true.
March 1995	•    26 Safeguards Against LAN Data Loss .  We test single-medium tape drives for backing up midrange networks--DAT, QIC, 8-mm, and DLT
February 1995	•    True-Color Graphics Accelerators .  An in-depth inspection of 35 PCI and five Macintosh NuBus cards for ultrafast graphics and deep colors
January 1995	•    62 Big, Beautiful Color Monitors .  Once you convert from a 15-inch to a larger-size monitor, you're spoiled for life, with no regrets

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December 1994	•    19 Pen tiums .  We evaluate 19 high-performance Pentiums for speed, usability, expandability, features, and price
November 1994	•    92 Printers Go To Battle .  The newest laser, color, ink-jet, and dot-matrix printers compete for top honors in our applications-based rankings
October 1994	•    31 No-Compromise Portables .  Our exclusive benchmarks rank the highest-performing notebook and subnotebook computers for running Windows, DOS, and Macintosh applications
September 1994	•    24 CD-ROM Drives: Double-Speed Rules .  Today's mainstream CD-ROM drives offer faster performance at the most economical prices ever. We'll tell you which one is right for you.
August 1994	•    Hands-On Testing: 21 Pyrotechnic Pentiums .  Our Windows and Unix benchmarks identify the best 60- to 100-MHz Pentium systems for high-performance computing
July 1994	•    Hands-On Testing: 26 Modems: Faster Than 14.4 Kbps .  Is faster bet ter even when standards are in flux? We stress-test 26 high-speed modems to identify the best for today's business applications
June 1994	•    66 Ethernet Adapters .  Our application tests identify the best NICs, PCMCIA cards, and parallel-port adapters for Ethernet networks
May 1994	•    Head To Head: 71 Printers .  The newest laser, ink-jet, dot-matrix, and color printers vie for top honors in our applications-based rankings
April 1994	•    57 PCs That Set The Pace .  We test 20 Pentiums and 37 66-MHz 486DX2 systems to find the best performers for Windows, Unix, and DOS
March 1994	•    Hands-On Testing: 46 Powerful Portables .  Our tests show which 486-based notebooks and subnotebooks are best for your applications
February 1994	•    Hands-On Testing: 76 Cards For Fast Graphics .  Our custom tests use real-world applications to find the fastest accelerator cards for Windows and the Macintosh
January 1994	•    70 Color Monitors .  We test high-resolution monitors with displays ranging from 15 to 21 inches to find the highest image quality and the best values