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Consumer Buying Guide 1999 (11/23/1999)

Our annual round-up of the latest and greatest software, hardware, websites, and gadgets, reviewed by a panel of journalists and analysts. Just in time for holiday buying ideas for your favorite techie... or yourself. Originally broadcast in 1999.


This movie is part of the collection: Computer Chronicles

Keywords: Episode year: 2001; Episode year: 2000; Episode year: 1999; Companies: Handspring; Companies: Apple; Companies: Compaq; Companies: IBM; Companies: Sega; Companies: Microsoft; Companies: Polaroid

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Paul E. Schindler Jr.
Senior Editor, Winmag.com and BYTE.com with CMP Media.

Paul's Picks:

• The new Compaq Aero 1500 Ultra-thin Palm-size PC is the thinnest Palm-size PC running Windows CE currently available.
• The Lexmark Z51 Color Jetprinter claims to have the highest inkjet resolution on the planet!
• X10's DVD Anywhere wireless remote lets you control everything on your PC including it's DVD Player.

Tim Bajarin
President of Creative Strategies.

Tim's Picks:

• Handspring's Visor Handheld is a palmtop that has small add-on hardware products that expand the functionality of the Visor via the product's "Springboard" expansion slot.
• Polaroid PhotoMAX PDC 640 Digital Camera makes digital photography easy and affordable while delivering outstanding image quality.
• With the simple-to-use iMovie digital video editing software, Apple's iMac DV lets you create home movies, along with easy connection to the Internet.
• Possibly the iMac of PCs, the AMD Internet PC focuses on making PCs easier to set up, easier to use, and easier to upgrade.
• The IBM ThinkPad 240Z is ultra-thin, lightweight, and has loads of processing power and storage space.
• The lowest cost Armada solution, the Compaq Armada V300 Ultra Sub-Notebook, comes with an Intel Mobile Celeron processor, a mainstream hard drive capacity, and graphics/multimedia capability.
• The Psion Revo PDA offers agenda, contacts manager, email on the move, jotter, PC sync and lots more, all made to fit in your pocket.
• The PocketMail Backflip offers an integrated mobile e-mail solution for Palm connected organizers.

Plus some hot products:

• With a 56K modem, an ethernet port, Mac OS 8.6 and all the right software already installed Apple's iBook is as Internet-ready as a notebook computer can be.
• Ecritek Ecrio allows you to directly enter data from your note pad into your palm top.
• Think Outside's Stowaway Keyboard is the first 100% full size, no compromise keyboard that is small enough to fit in your pocket.

Chris Charla
Editor-in-Chief Next Generation Magazine

Chris's Picks:

• One of the most realistic PC games, EA Sports NHL 2000 brings all the best graphics and game play to your computer.
• Sega DreamCast is the ultimate videogame console.
• Microsoft's "Age of the Empires II: The Age of Kings" is the sequel to the award-winning, best-selling real-time strategy game, Age of Empires
• Zowie Interactive's "Red Beard's Pirate Quest" and "Ellie's Enchanted Garden" are "Smart Toys" that enable kids to control and change on-screen worlds and characters in real time through connected playsets.