_{Cover of the March 2001 issue of Computer Shopper}

Computer Shopper, for much of its life, was a huge telephone book sized magazine with tons of ads of course but also tons of content. It had shrunk considerably by the turn of the century. The March 2001 issue, though much smaller than earlier years, was still a fairly hefty 250 pages. It includes:

Features

Tower of Power - Reviews of "Power Systems" including the Compaq Presario 7000T, Gateway Performance 1500XL, HP Pavilion 9720A, IBM NetVista A60i, and Micron Millennia Max XP. These are all either 1.2 GHz Athlon systems or 1.5GHz Pentium 4 Systems with 128MB RAM and video cards such as the nVidia GeForce2 GTS Ultra and ATI All-in-Wonder Radeon. Prices range from $2513 to $3649 with the HP being the cheapest and the Compaq being the most expensive.

Handheld PCs - Reviews of five handheld PCs including the Casio Cassiopeia EM-500 (Microsoft Pocket PC), Compaq iPaq H3650 Pocket PC (Microsoft Pocket PC), Handspring Visor Platinum (Palm OS), Handspring Visor Prism (Palm), and Palm VIIx (Palm). Computer Shopper liked the iPaq ($500), Handspring Visor Platinum ($299), and Palm VIIx ($449) the best.

Take-Along Tunes - A guide to portable music players with a look at the various audio formats plus a look at various software players including FreeAmp, MusicMatch Jukebox 6.0, RealPlayer 8, SoundJam MP 2.5.1, Winamp 2.7, Windows Media Player 7, and X Multimedia System.

Many Happy Returns - Reviews of tax software including Kiplinger Taxcut Deluxe, Quicken Turbotax Deluxe, and TaxAct 2000 Deluxe.

Something for Nothing - Free stuff including free music at MP3.com, free clipart, e-mail, hosting, web access, phone, fax, and more.

Not of the Presses - A feature on eBooks with a look at the latest eBook readers such as the Franklin eBookMan, Palm OS Handhelds, Pocket PC Handhelds, RCA eBook REB1100, and RCA eBook REB1200 plus places to get free eBooks and more.

_{Table of Contents from the March 2001 issue of Computer Shopper}

News

Net Now - Arizona first to have public election using voting over the Internet, Zairmail offers letter service, an upgrade kit for furbies, and more.

Hot Gear - A look at some of the latest gadgets including the Cyber-shot DSC-P1 3.3 megapixel digital camera from Sony, the Pocket Concert Audio Player from Intel, the Kyocera QCP 6035 Smartphone, Kimar wireless audio streaming devices, and more.

Opinions

Jack Blackford - The slow march towards seamlessly using all of your devices together (in this case, Cell phones, PDAs, LANs, and the Web).

John Dvorak - Thinner and flatter CRTs coming soon.

Jim O'Brien - A look at luxury shopping sites such as BlueNile, Ice, Millionaire, and Mondera.

Michael Slater - A look at multifunction devices and whether combining all those functions makes sense.

Web Buyer

Site Reviews - A look at travel sites, online shopping sites, and more.

_{Table of Contents from the March 2001 issue of Computer Shopper (continued)}

Business Buyer

Off Site, on LAN - Keeping offsite workers connected.
e-Services and Tools - A look at the free online financial advice available on the Web from Intuit and Microsoft.

Building Your Business - Using cookies to add advanced features to your website.

Help & How To

You Can Take It With You - A guide to moving your data, apps, and settings to a new PC.

The Hard Edge - The Pentium 4's bus speed, DDR SDRAM, dealing with spam, and more.

Alfred Poor's Computer Cures - Help printing to a file, upgrading RAM, checking your hardware configuration, and more.

Buying Advisor - Using the Panasonic Toughbook 47 for all your rugged computer needs.

Reviews

Desktops - Reviews of the HP Pavilion 2755C (800 MHz Pentium III, 128MB RAM for $1049), Sony Vaio PCV RX280DS (1 GHZ Pentium III, 128 MB for $2199), and Tangent Medalllion Pro (1 GHz Pentium 3, 256 MB for $1995).

Hardware - Reviews of the Intel Pocket PC Camera and Kodak EZ200 webcams, Hercules Game Theater XP sound card, Matrox Marvel G450 ETV, Ricoh Mediamaster MP9120A Combo Drive, and Samsung ML-4600 printer.

Mobile - A review of the Acer Travelmate 351TEV, a laptop featuring a 700MHz Pentium III, 128MB RAM, for $2299, the Innogear Minijam, Motrola Timeport P8767, the NEC Versa SXI latptop, Sceptre Soundx 69502 laptop, and Tiny performance Notebook 800.

Software - Reviews of the newly released Netscape 6, Macromedia Dreamweaver 4, Documents to Go Professional Edition, and Psync.

Web Services - Reviews of homeadvisor.com and Phonefree.

Games - Reviews of You Don't Know Jack 5th Dementia, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2, and No One Lives Forever.

_{Back Cover of the March 2001 issue of Computer Shopper}

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