Maximum PC February 2005

Windows XP: Tune it to perfection. Lab-tested how-tos for installing, configuring & protecting the world’s peskiest OS. Erase all spyware problems! Make your system purr!

• Look Mom, No Fans! How we used the latest high-tech parts to build a truly… Quiet PC
• From Windows to Linux: How one brave soul survived a six-month switch!
• Best software of 2004: Only the killerest apps worthy of our coveted Softy Award!
• ATI Leapfrogs nVidia! But is the new X850 worth the upgrade? Our review tells all!
• Apple Cinema Display: 30 inches of glory: Torture-tested & compared to the best PC LCDs!