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"While many vendors have been offering 15-inch LCD monitors with their PCs, Sys goes a few steps further with its 18-inch SYS-180L flat panel, a great monitor that displayed a bright, crisp image.... In our test photo, details looked sharp, and all colors-including flesh tones that are often difficult to render accurately-appeared vibrant.

"It's rare that a PC's floppy drive and ports impress us. But this system is especially well connected: The floppy drive has a built-in combination SmartMedia and CompactFlash media reader, which allows you to transfer photos from a digital camera easily. Our review system also came with one IEEE 1394 port (located on the Audigy soundcard) and four USB ports, letting you connect to all the latest high-speed peripherals....

"With the large LCD monitor and the impressive Creative Inspire 5300 Dolby Digital 5.1 speaker set, our test system would also work well for making presentations in small conference rooms. You can even output to an S-Video-capable television or VCR....

"UPSHOT: People who work with digital images or video will appreciate the full array of ports and the included media reader. And everyone will enjoy the large, high-quality LCD monitor."

— PC World, May 2002