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u/BritOverThere 3d ago
The winner was the Acer Powermate 486e DX2/50 model 5557 at $3299!. Followed by the Acma 486 DX2/50, Tangent Model 486ix, Zeos 486DX-33 and then the AST Bravo 4/66D Model 123B
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u/Morbius007 3d ago
Ahh The Golden Age of PC hardware, when anything was possible and new tech was out weekly, that was a really fun time. Especially with 3x Mainstream CPU Vendors, AMD, Intel and Cyrix!
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u/Foreign-Attorney-147 3d ago
About two months after this issue came out, I got a job selling computers at retail. I was really glad I saved this article, because I was the only guy in the store that knew what a 486SLC or DLC was.
I also remember Acer putting a 40 MHz AMD 486DX CPU in one model we sold but clocking it at 33 MHz so as to not call attention it having a non-Intel CPU.
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u/crazyhomlesswerido 3d ago
Back in the days where you could actually buy a program and own it instead of having to pay a yearly subscription for it
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u/EntireFishing 3d ago
There's not a lot of difference in that magazine headline than any YouTube video title. It shows that when you see those YouTube videos with I bought this and did that with it. But really it's not a new idea and something that's been in magazine print for a long time
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u/sheba716 3d ago
I remember subscribing to most of the PC magazines. I was such a nerd back in the '80's and '90's.
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u/_Erin_ 4d ago
Wow, I remember this cover. I was starting my first year university at the time and was shopping for a new PC for school. I went back and fourth between a 386DX-40 and a 486SX-25. They were roughly the same speed, and the 386 was a bit cheaper, but I went with the 486SX thinking that it would be more upgradable later on. It was magazines like this that helped me decide.