If there's already a computer in the house, the single, most dazzling upgrade can be found in ATI's All-In-Wonder Radeon 8500DV.

A tantalizing, future-minded computer upgrade, that might be a little too new and therefore too pricey at the moment: HP's DVD100i, a CD and DVD ROM reader and writer that allows you to create DVDs, just like Apple's latest G4 Macintoshes and their "power to burn."

Now that digital photography is all the rage, inadvertently devastating the once-upon-a-time instant photo darling known as Polaroid, one can't forget that last millennium's imagery format is still prevalent. I mean, who doesn't have a crate full of Kodak moments up in the attic? Enter the Hewlett Packard Photo Scanner 1000, a mini scanner designed just for pictures, 4 x 6 or smaller.

Packing a great deal of function into an attractive form, Belkin's Regulator Pro (Gold Series-Serial) goes well beyond mere surge protection, it's a veritable Paladin protecting one's crucial computer components from most any energy eventuality.