Winmag.com Announces Winners of Its Annual Win100 Awards

Compaq, Dell, IBM, Microsoft and Hewlett-Packard are Category Leaders Among Products of the Year

PRNewswire
MANHASSET, N.Y.
Jun 19, 2000

Winmag.com (http://www.winmag.com/) announced the winners of its annual Win100 product awards, the best 100 Windows hardware, software and system products introduced over the last year.

The editors of Winmag.com review hundreds of products every year. Each product reviewed is compared to previous products in its category. If it is the best, it is placed on the WinList, a constantly updated list of the top hardware, software and systems in dozens of product categories. Of the products that make it to the exclusive WinList, Winmag.com editors single out 100 products as best of the best, resulting in Win100 Awards. Each of these products is profiled in a special feature on the web site, which can be found at (http://www.winmag.com/reviews/win100_2000/).

The product of the year is the Compaq NeoServer 150, cited by the editors as "The right appliance server for small businesses, with room to grow." It was one of 10 Compaq systems that made the list--the largest number of winning systems from any vendor. Seven Dell Systems and five IBM systems also made the list.

The software vendor with the most products was Microsoft, with eight products on the Win100 list. Honors for peripherals went to Hewlett-Packard, with four products on the list.

  Following is the complete list of Win100 Awards.

  Hardware and Software:

  ACT! 2000
  Adaptec 2930U2
  Adobe PageMaker 6.5 Plus
  Belkin BusStation
  Brother MFC-8600
  BullsEye 2 Pro
  Business Plan Pro 4.0
  CardScan Executive 5.0
  Corel WordPerfect Office 2000
  Creative Labs PC-DVD Encore 6X Dxr3
  Dantz Retrospect Backup Server Edition, version 5.0
  Diamond Rio 500
  Diskeeper 5.0
  Eizo FlexScan L661
  Epson PhotoPC 850Z
  Epson Stylus Photo 870
  Eudora Email 4.3
  FastSite Release 3
  Fujifilm MX-1200
  Fujifilm MX-2900 Zoom Digital Camera
  GoldMine 5.0
  HomeSite 4.5
  HP CD-Writer Plus 8200e
  HP CD-Writer Plus 9310i
  HP DeskJet 952C
  HP P910 Monitor
  InterVideo WinDVD 1.2
  Kenwood 72X TrueX CD-ROM Drive
  L&H Voice Xpress Ultimate Suite
  Logitech Cordless MouseMan Wheel
  Lotus Organizer Release 6
  Macro Express 2000
  MapPoint 2000
  MaxAttach Desktop 2.0 model A0802
  Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 40 (40.9GB model 54098U8)
  MGI PhotoSuite III Platinum Edition
  Microsoft Internet Explorer 5
  Microsoft Excel 2000
  Microsoft FrontPage 2000
  Microsoft Project 2000
  Mitsubishi Diamond Pro 2020U
  Mitsubishi X300 LCD Projector
  Norton Internet Security 2000
  Norton SystemWorks 2000
  Olympus C-2020 Zoom
  OmniPage Pro 10
  Outlook Express 5
  PC-cillin 2000
  PhotoDraw 2000 Version 2
  PowerDesk 4 Pro
  QuickBooks Pro 2000
  Quicken 2000 Deluxe
  Ricoh MediaMaster MP9060A
  Samsung SyncMaster 170MP
  Seagate Barracuda 50 (model ST150176LC)
  Snap Server model 2000 (40GB version)
  Sony Spressa Professional SCSI (model CRX140S/C)
  Sound Blaster Live! MP3+
  System Commander 2000
  TapeStor DAT 40
  Turbo Browser 2000
  TurboTax
  Veritas BackUp Exec Desktop Edition 4.2
  Visio 2000
  WinFax Pro 10
  WinProxy 3.0
  WinZip 8

  Systems:
  Axis Terra AXT
  Compaq Armada M700
  Compaq Deskpro EN Series
  Compaq iPAQ Legacy Free
  Compaq NeoServer 150
  Compaq Presario 1600S
  Compaq Presario 1800
  Compaq Presario 5900Z
  Compaq Presario EZ2700
  Compaq Prosignia Desktop 340
  Compaq Prosignia Notebook 190
  Dell Dimension L400c
  Dell Dimension XPS B1000R
  Dell Inspiron 3800
  Dell Latitude CPx H500GT
  Dell OptiPlex GX110
  Dell OptiPlex GX200
  Dell OptiPlex GX300
  Fujitsu PC LifeBook C 6551
  Gateway Perfomance 700 Deluxe
  Gateway Solo 9300XL
  Hewlett-Packard Vectra VL600 733
  IBM PC 300GL
  IBM Personal Computer 300PL
  IBM ThinkPad A20p
  IBM ThinkPad I-Series 1400
  IBM ThinkPad T20
  Micron Millennia Max 667MHz
  Micron TransPort LT Series
  Micron TransPort ZX
  Sony Vaio PCG-XG18
  Toshiba Equium 7100M
  Toshiba Tecra 8100 Series

Winmag.com is the online source for business desktop PC users who want to maximize their computer productivity, and is the successor to Windows Magazine, which previously issued the awards.

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