COMPUTER NOTES; BEST BUYS OF 1997
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| PRODUCT | NAME | COMMENT | TEL | URL | PRICE |
| CD-Rewritable Optical Drive | Panasonic PD-CD Rewritable optical drive | Read only CD-ROM and rewritable 650 MB optical drive | 800-742-8086 | www.panasonic.com | $500-600 |
| CD-ROM Drive | Plexfor 12PleX CD-ROM drive | Reliable performance | 800-886-3935 | www.plextor.com | $239 |
| CD-Writer | HP SureStore CD-Writer recordable CD-ROM drive | 6X CD-ROM reader and 2x CD-ROM writer | 800-810-0133 | www.hp.com | $589 |
| Drive (Portable) | Iomega Zip Drive | An affordable drive with 100 or 1000 MB disks | 800-697-8833 | www.iomega.com | $150 (100 MB drive), $499 (1000 MB drive) |
| Drive (Tape Back Up) | HP Colorado Memory Systems tape back-up drive | Best solution for back up with reasonable price | 800-752-0900 | www.hp.com | $125 |
| Fax-Copy Machine and Scanner | HP OfficeJet LX 350 Multifunction device | Printer-scanner-copier and fax machine | 800-810-0133 | www.hp.com | $550 |
| Fax-Modem | US Robotics Sportster voive 28.8 fax-modem | Caller Id, multiple voice mailboxes, full duplex speakerphone telephony | 800-342-5877 | www.usr.com | $180 |
| Hard Drive | Western Digital Caviar hard drive | High performance EIDE hard drive | 800-832-4778 | www.wdc.com | $400 |
| Modem (PC Card) | U.S. Robotics PC Card | A PC card modem | 800-527-8677 | www.usr.com | $179 |
| Monitor | NEC MultiSync Moniotr | Sharp graphics | 800-632-4636 | www.nec.com | $399 |
| Mouse | Microsoft Intellimouse | Wheel/button design | 800-426-9400 | www.microsoft.com | $84.95 |
| Notebook (low cost) | Toshiba Satellite Pro Line | Affordable notebook with multimedia capability | 800-457-7777 | www.computers.toshiba.com | $3400 |
| Notebook (Professional) | IBM ThinkPad 760 | Large screen with large number of built-in features | 800-426-2968 | www.pc.ibm.com | $2400-5400 |
| Personal Digital Assistant | U.S. Robotics PalmPilot | A small pocket-sized organizer with the ability to synchronize files with a PC | 800-527-8677 | www.usr.com | $299 (Personal edition), $399 (Professional Edition) |
| Printer (Color) | HP Color LaserJet 5M Workgroup Color Printer | Fast speed, Crisp text, Rich color | 800-752-0900 | www.hp.com | $5199 |
| Printer (Monochrome) | HP LaserJet 5M Workgroup Monochrome Printer | Prints sharp quality text, built-in ethernet support | 800-752-0900 | www.hp.com | $1799 |
| Scanner (Color) | Logitech PageScan Color Pro Sheetfed scanner | 24 bit color scanner budled with Adobe's PhotDeluxe and Exerox TextBridge OCR softwares | 800-231-7717 | www.logitech.com | $340 |
| Scanner (Gray Scale) | HP ScanJet 5pse flatbed scanner | 300 dpi color and gray scale scanner | 800-810-0133 | www.hp.com | $399 |
| Sound Card | Creative Labs Sound Blaster AWE32 PnP | Wavetable audio, 3D stereo enhancement | 800-998-5227 | www.creativelabes.com | $249 |
| Video Graphics Card Accelerator | Diamond Stelath Video 3D 3000 Graphics accelerator board | Photorealistic, high resolution color | 800-468-5846 | www.diamondmm.com | $250-300 |
| Wireless Communication Device | Motorola PageWriter | A wireless communication device with built-in QWERTY keyboard and display can send and receive text messages | 800-548-9954 | www.mot.com | $399 |