Keep this index of 1999 product reviews handy

Products reviewed in GCN in 1999 appear alphabetically by manufacturer.

Here is where to find benchmarks, torture tests results and usability ratings for a host of products

Products reviewed in GCN in 1999 appear alphabetically by manufacturer.

Each product's name appears in boldface and is followed by the date and page of the issue in which the review ran.

A searchable version of this list appears on GCN's Web site at www.gcn.com.



A


Adobe Systems Inc. Acrobat 4.0, June 7, Page 1; A'

Adobe Systems Illustrator 8.0, Feb. 8, Page 32; A'

Adobe Systems ImageStyler 1.0, March 29, Page 24; B

Adobe Systems PageMill 3.0, June 14, Page 31; C+

Advan International Corp. AGM15T, Jan. 25, Page 35; D

AEC Software Inc. FastTrack Schedule 6.0, July 5, Page 23; B

Aelita Software Group Aelita Enterprise Suite, May 24, Page 29; A

Afga-Gavaert Group ePhoto CL30 Mega pix, Oct. 11, Page 25; A'

AG Group Inc. EtherPeek 3.6.1, Sept. 27, Page 32; A

Allied Telesyn International Corp. AT-USB 10 Network Adapter, Oct. 11, Page 25; B+

Allied Telesyn CentreCom 8525SX-L2, May 3, Page 21; B

American Power Conversion Corp. Back-UPS Pro 350, May 3, Page 1; B+

Apple Computer Inc. PowerBook G3, Dec. 13, Page 1; A'

Apple Computer Studio Display, Aug. 9, Page 29; A

Application Techniques Inc. CaptureEze Pro, Sept. 6, Page 30; D+



B


Boxlight Corp. MP-30T, May 10, Page 25; A



C


Caere Corp. ImageAXS Pro, Nov. 8, Page 28; B+

Caere OmniPage Pro 9.0, June 28, Page 31; A

Caldera Systems Inc. OpenLinux 2.2, June 28, Page 1; B

Caligari Corp. TrueSpace4, March 29, Page 23; B+

Canon Computer Systems Inc. BJC-6000, Oct. 11, Page 25; C'

Cisco Systems Inc. Catalyst 2924M Series XL, May 3, Page 21; B'

ClickNet Software Corp. ClickNet Y2k, April 12, Page 23; B

Compaq Computer Corp. 56K USB Fax Modem, Oct. 11, Page 25; B

Compaq Aero 2130, June 7, Page 23; B

Compaq C-Series, June 7, Page 23; B

Compaq Deskpro EN 6550+, Aug. 30, Page 31; B

Compaq Deskpro EN SFF, Nov. 22, Page 23; A

Compaq Deskpro EN SFF, Nov. 8, Page 23; A'

Compaq Deskpro EP, March 15, Page 41; A

Compaq Deskpro EP 500, March 8, Page 1; A'

Compaq Deskpro EP C466, Sept. 13, Page 29; B+

Compaq Dual Speed Switch SW3322, May 3, Page 21; C

Compaq QUtilities, Nov. 8, Page 1; A'

Compaq TFT5000S, Aug. 9, Page 29; C+

Corel Corp. Quattro Pro 9, Nov. 8, Page 24; B'

Corel WordPerfect 8 for Linux, May 3, Page 26; B+

Corel WordPerfect 9, Oct. 25, Page 19; A'

Corel WordPerfect Office 2000 Beta, April 26, Page 1; B+

Cornerstone Peripheral Technology ScreenPro, Sept. 6, Page 28; B

Cross Pen Computing Group CrossPad XP, March 29, Page 1; A'

CTX-Opto Inc. PanoView 751, Aug. 9, Page 29; C'

Cyber-Sign Inc. Cyber-Sign Biometric Signature Verification, May 10, Page 28; B



D


Dell Computer Corp. Latitude CPt, July 12, Page 1; B

Dell Latitude LT, Jan. 25, Page 1; A

Dell OptiPlex G1, March 15, Page 41; B

Dell OptiPlex GX 100, Sept. 13, Page 29; B

Dell OptiPlex GX1, Aug. 30, Page 31; B+



E


Eizo Nanao Technologies Inc. FlexScan L360, Aug. 9, Page 29; B'

Enfish Technology Inc. Tracker Pro, April 12, Page 26; A

Epson America Inc. PhotoPC 800, Oct. 11, Page 25; B'

Epson America PowerLite 7500C, May 10, Page 25; B

Epson America Stylus Color 900N, Oct. 11, Page 25; A'

Eurosoft Ltd. Fix2000, April 12, Page 23; B'



F


Fellowes Manufacturing Co. GelMouse, Oct. 11, Page 25; B'

Fellowes Manufacturing TechMouse, Oct. 11, Page 25; B

FileMaker Inc. Home Page 3.0, June 14, Page 31; C+

Franklin Electronic Publishers Inc. Rex Pro 5, Sept. 6, Page 1; B

Fuji Photo Film USA Inc. MX-500 FlashPath FD-A1, April 5, Page 20; A'



G


Gateway Inc. E-1200 366, March 15, Page 41; B

Gateway E-3200 400, March 15, Page 48; B'

Gateway E-4200 550, Aug. 30, Page 31; B'

Gateway Profile, Aug. 9, Page 1; B

Gateway Solo 3150 Fireant, July 12, Page 1; A'

Globalink Inc. Power Translator Pro 6.4, June 28, Page 30; B'

Green Tree Technologies Inc. Update AnyWare, Feb. 8, Page 1; A

Greenwich Mean Time-UTA L.C. Check 2000 PC, Jan. 11, Page 1; B'

Greenwich Mean Time-UTA Check 2000 PC Deluxe, Jan. 11, Page 1; B'



H


Harald Heim HTML Shrinker 1.0, Aug. 2, Page 28; A'

Hewlett-Packard Co. CapShare 920, Oct. 25, Page 19; A

HP DeskJet 970Cse, Oct. 11, Page 25; B'

HP Digital Copy 320, Feb. 22, Page 28; A

HP HP Mopier 320, Feb. 22, Page 25; A'

HP Jornada 420, June 7, Page 23; A

HP Jornada 820, June 7, Page 23; C+

HP LaserJet 2100TN, July 12, Page 37; A

HP LaserJet 8100N, Feb. 22, Page 25; B+

HP PhotoSmart S26 Scanner, Oct. 11, Page 25; A

HP ProCurve 2424M, May 3, Page 21; A

HP ScanJet 6350, Oct. 11, Page 25; B'



I


IBM Corp. 9513-AG1, Aug. 9, Page 29; B

IBM PC 300PL, Aug. 30, Page 31; A

IBM PC 300GL, March 15, Page 41; B

IBM PC 300GL, Sept. 13, Page 29; B'

IBM Smart Card Security Kit, July 5, Page 1; A

IBM Printing Systems Co. IBM InfoPrint 20, Feb. 22, Page 25; B'

IBM Printing Systems IBM InfoPrint 32, Feb. 22, Page 25; B

Imation Corp. LS-120 SuperDisk Parallel, Aug. 2, Page 23; C+

Imation LS-120 SuperDisk PC Card, Aug. 2, Page 23; B

Imation SuperDisk USB Drive, Oct. 11, Page 25; C'

InnoSys Inc. Keyspan USB Card, Oct. 11, Page 25; A

IntelliSeek Inc. BullsEye Pro 1.5b, June 14, Page 35; B+

Internet Devices Inc. Fort Knox Policy Router 4.0, Jan. 25, Page 27; B

i-O Display Systems i-glasses, July 12, Page 38; B'

Iomega Corp. Zip 250 USB Drive, Oct. 11, Page 25; A+

Iomega Zip 250MB, Aug. 2, Page 23; B+



K


Kidasa Software Inc. Milestones Etc. 5.0, July 5, Page 23; B'

Korea Data Systems VS F-15, Aug. 9, Page 29; B+



L


Legend GEC Titan C466, Sept. 13, Page 29; B'

Legend GEC Titan Pro 550, Aug. 30, Page 31; C+

Lexmark International Inc. Optra E310, Oct. 11, Page 25; C

Lexmark International Optra Se 3455, Sept. 6, Page 24; B

Linksys Group Instant Ethernet USB Network Adapter, Oct. 11, Page 25; A'

Linksys Group USB 4-Port Hub, Oct. 11, Page 25; A

Loran Technologies Inc. Kinnetics Network Manager 2.11, April 5, Page 1; A

Lotus Development Corp. FastSite, Aug. 30, Page 40; B

Lotus Development Lotus Domino 5.0, July 12, Page 33; A'

Lotus Development Organizer 5.0, April 26, Page 34; B+

Lotus Development SmartCenter, Aug. 30, Page 40; B

Lotus Development Word Pro, Nov. 22, Page 26; B'



M


Macromedia Inc. Dreamweaver 2, June 14, Page 31; C

Macromedia Fireworks 2, Aug. 23, Page 34; B'

Media Cybernetics L.P. Image-Pro Plus 4.0, June 14, Page 35; A

Media4 Productions Inc. MacDrive 98, Aug. 23, Page 1; A

MetaCreations Corp. Kai's Power Tools 5.0, June 28, Page 30; A'

MetroBook Computer Co. MetroBook SLT, Aug. 9, Page 32; C

Micrografx Inc. iGrafx Process, Aug. 30, Page 38; B+

Micrografx NetworkCharter Pro, March 29, Page 21; A

Micron PC Inc. ClientPro CS, Aug. 30, Page 31; C

Micron PC TransPort NX333, July 12, Page 1; C'

Microsoft Corp. BackOffice 4.5, July 12, Page 33; B

Microsoft Excel 2000, Oct. 4, Page 22; A'

Microsoft FrontPage 2000, June 14, Page 31; A

Microsoft IntelliMouse Explorer, Oct. 11, Page 25; A+

Microsoft Internet Explorer 5, April 26, Page 33; B

Microsoft Microsoft Word 2000, Oct. 25, Page 24; B+

Microsoft Natural Keyboard Pro, Oct. 11, Page 25; B+

Microsoft Office 2000 Beta 2, March 8, Page 26; B

Microsoft Office 2000 Developer, May 24, Page 30; B+

Microsoft PhotoDraw 2000, Aug. 9, Page 32; C+

Microsoft PhotoDraw 2000 2.0, Oct. 4, Page 1; A'

Microsoft Project 98, July 5, Page 23; B+

Microsoft SQL Server 7.0, March 8, Page 27; A'

Microsoft Year 2000 Product Analyzer 2.0, Sept. 27, Page 33; B+

Microtek Lab Inc. EyeStar U2S, June 28, Page 32; D+

Mijenix Corp. Fix-It Utilities 99, June 14, Page 1; A'

Minolta Corp. PageWorks 18N, Aug. 30, Page 1; D

Mitsubishi Display Products Diamond Pro 900u, July 26, Page 23; A

Mitsubishi Display Products X120, May 10, Page 25; B+

Mobiliti Inc. Network Unplugged, Jan. 11, Page 22; A

Mortice Kern Systems Inc. MKS Toolkit 6.1, Jan. 25, Page 30; B

Motorola Inc. PageWriter 2000X, Sept. 13, Page 1; A'

Multi-Tech Systems Inc. MultiMobileUSB, July 26, Page 1; A+

Multi-Tech Systems MultiVOIP MVP 200, June 28, Page 29; A



N


NEC Computer Systems Division PowerMate 8100, Aug. 30, Page 31; B'

NEC Computer Systems MobilePro 770, June 7, Page 23; A

NEC Technologies Inc. MultiSync LCD 1510+, Aug. 9, Page 29; B+

NEC Technologies MultiSync LCD 1810, July 5, Page 24; B'

NEC Technologies MultiSync LT100, May 10, Page 25; B'

NetIQ Corp. AppManager Suite 3.0, July 5, Page 26; B

NetObjects Inc. NetObjects Fusion 4.0, June 14, Page 3; A'

Netscape Communications Corp. Communicator 4.51, April 26, Page 33; B+

netViz Corp. netViz 4.0, March 29, Page 21; A'

Network Associates Inc. McAfee 2000 ToolBox, Jan. 11, Page 1; C+

Novell Inc. NetWare 5, Jan. 11, Page 21; A'

NuvoMedia Inc. Rocket eBook, Aug. 23, Page 31; B



O


1Jump LLC iJump, Aug. 30, Page 40; B+

OneStep LLC OneStep Connect Personal Organizer, Aug. 2, Page 28; B

OnStream Inc. OnStream D130, Oct. 4, Page 22; D+

Opera Software A/S Opera 3.5 Beta 10, Jan. 25, Page 30; B+

Opera Software Opera 3.51, April 26, Page 33; B'

Optiquest Corp. L700, Aug. 9, Page 29; B



P


Palm Computing Inc. Palm VII, Oct. 25, Page 1; A'

Panasonic Personal Computer Co. ToughBook CF-27, May 24, Page 31; A'

Panasonic Personal Computer ToughBook CF-M33, Aug. 30, Page 38; B

PowerQuest Corp. Lost & Found, July 26, Page 24; B

Premio Computer Inc. Centella CS 1, Sept. 13, Page 29; B'

Prove It 2000 ProveIt 2000, Jan. 11, Page 1; C+



Q


Quantex Microsystems Inc. I-1511, Dec. 13, Page 29; C

Quantex Microsystems QP6, March 15, Page 41; A

Quantex Microsystems VX-400c, March 15, Page 41; B

QVoice Inc. Voicelock, June 14, Page 34; B'



R


Radguard Inc. clPro 3.05, Jan. 25, Page 27; B+

Raritan Computer Inc. MasterConsole 11s, April 26, Page 34; B+

Red Hat Inc. Red Hat Linux 6.1 Deluxe, Nov. 22, Page 25; C

Red Hen Systems Inc. Video Mapping System 200, April 26, Page 38; A'

RedCreek Communications Inc. Ravlin 10 Version 2.2x, Jan. 25, Page 27; B

Ricoh Corp. Media Master MP7040, Oct. 11, Page 28; B+

RighTime Clock Co. Y2KPC Pro, April 12, Page 23; C+



S


Sceptre Technologies Sceptre Soundx 6500, Sept. 13, Page 34; B

Sceptre Technologies Sceptre Soundx 7500, April 12, Page 24; A

SecureNet Technologies Inc. Y2K Test&Fix, Jan. 11, Page 1; B

Security Dynamics Technologies Inc. SecurPC 2.0.3, Sept. 13, Page 32; C+

SGI 320 Visual Workstation, Aug. 30, Page 31; C'

Shane Brooks 98lite, March 15, Page 1; B

Shiva Corp. LANRover VPN Gateway 6, Jan. 25, Page 27; B+

Shomiti Systems Inc. Portable Surveyor 2.5, Sept. 6, Page 25; B+

Siemens Electrocom LP Pocket Reader, Oct. 25, Page 19; B'

Silanis Technology Inc. ApproveIt for Office, Aug. 2, Page 24; A

SoftBook Press Inc. SoftBook, Aug. 23, Page 31; B'

SoftQuad Software Inc. HotMetal Pro 5.0, June 14, Page 31; C'

Software Publishing Corp. Harvard Publisher, Nov. 22, Page 27; B

Sony Electronics Inc. Mavica digital camera, Jan. 11, Page 23; A

Sony Electronics Spressa USB CRX100E/X CDR/RW Drive, Oct. 11, Page 25; C+

Sony Electronics Vaio PCG-505F, Jan. 11, Page 23; B+

Starfish Software Inc. TrueSync Plus for Rex Pro 5, Sept. 6, Page 1; C'

Sun Microsystems Inc. StarOffice 5.1, Sept. 27, Page 1; A'

Sun Microsystems SunPCi Card 1.0, Aug. 2, Page 1; B+

Symantec Corp. Act 2000, Dec. 13, Page 30; B+

Symantec Mobile Essentials 2.0, July 26, Page 23; A

Symantec Norton 2000, Jan. 11, Page 1; A'

Symantec Norton 2000 Version 2.0 Corporate Edition, Sept. 27, Page 31; A'

Symantec Norton AntiVirus 5.0 for Windows NT Server, Sept. 6, Page 30; A

Symantec Norton Speed Disk 5.0 for Windows NT, Dec. 13, Page 29; A+

Symantec Norton SystemWorks 2.0, July 12, Page 37; B

Symantec pcTelecommute, Feb. 22, Page 1; A

Symantec WinFax Pro 9.0, May 10, Page 29; A



T


3Com Corp. Palm IIIx, June 7, Page 23; B

3Com Palm V, June 7, Page 23; B+

3Com SuperStack Switch 3300, May 3, Page 21; C+

Tektronix Inc. Phaser 740, May 10, Page 33; B+

Tektronix Phaser 840, July 26, Page 24; A

TeleAdapt Inc. SurgeStop, July 12, Page 38; A

TimeStep Corp. Permit/Gate 4520 1.0, Jan. 25, Page 27; C+

Toshiba America Information Systems Inc. Equium 7100D, March 15, Page 41; C

Toshiba Imaging Systems PDR-M4, Oct. 11, Page 25; A'

TouchStone Software Corp. CheckIt 98 Diagnostic Suite, Jan. 11, Page 1; B

Traveling Software Inc. Enterprise Exchange Accelerator, June 14, Page 32; B

TriPlus Technologies LLC WinSpace 3.0 Professional, Sept. 6, Page 25; B'

Turtle Beach Inc. Montego 11 Quadzilla, Sept. 6, Page 28; B+



V


Verity Inc. KeyView Pro 6.0, Sept. 13, Page 34; B

ViaGrafix DesignCAD Pro 2000, Feb. 8, Page 31; B+

Viasoft Inc. OnMark 2000 2.0 Assess, April 12, Page 23; C+

Viasoft OnMark 2000 Assess Release 4.0, Sept. 27, Page 31; B+

ViewSonic Corp. ViewSonic VPD 150, April 5, Page 20; B

ViewSonic VP 150, Aug. 9, Page 29; A

Viking Components Inc. Viking 56K External Modem, March 15, Page 46; A'

Visio Corp. Visio Enterprise, March 29, Page 21; B'

VPNet Technologies Inc. VSU-1010 2.0, Jan. 25, Page 27; B+



W


WebTrends Corp. Security Analyzer Enterprise Edition, May 10, Page 1; B

Wide File Inc. GoBack, April 12, Page 1; B

Wireless Computing Inc. Wireless SurfBoard, March 8, Page 28; B'

Wireless Computing Wireless SurfMouse, March 8, Page 28; C'



X


Xerox Corp. DocuPrint N40, Feb. 22, Page 25; B+

Xerox DocuPrint P1202, Oct. 11, Page 25; B+

Xerox WorkCentre XK35c, Oct. 11, Page 25; B

Xybernaut Corp. Mobile Assistant IV, May 24, Page 1; B'



Y


Year 2000 Group Inc. Know2000, April 12, Page 23; C



Z


Zoom Telephonics Inc. Fax/Modem 56K USB, Oct. 11, Page 25; B'

Zoom Telephonics ZoomCam USB 1595, Oct. 11, Page 25; B
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