(FORTUNE Magazine) – DIGITAL CAMERAS

Canon Digital Rebel ($999 with lens, $899 body only) and Kyocera FineCam SL300R (above, $380). The 6.3-megapixel Digital Rebel is the first digital single-lens reflex to crack $1,000. For pros and point-and-shooters alike, the versatile Rebel uses interchangeable Canon lenses. The amazing three-megapixel Kyocera wowed us not just for its compact size and image quality but also for its rapid-fire shooting until the memory card is full.

PHONE

Palm/Handspring Treo 600 ($600). There are PDAs with phone capabilities and phones with PDA capabilities, but rarely do the two marry as well as in this device. The keyboard is dinky, but the Treo 600 has easy access to e-mail, web browsing, personal info, and text messaging. It's a good phone too.

LAPTOP

IBM ThinkPad T40 ($2,400 and up). The T40 set a new standard for laptops with its Intel Pentium M processor, small size (less than an inch thick, 5.4 pounds), great battery life (up to six hours), built-in Wi-Fi and Bluetooth wireless networking, 14-inch screen, and combo drive. Its new sibling, the T41, promises to be even better.

DESKTOP

Apple Power Mac G5 ($1,799 and up). This is a masterpiece of form and function. Its 64-bit PowerPC G5 processor (designed with IBM), combined with high-speed internal data systems, makes it one of the fastest computers on the planet. The twin-processor, two-gigahertz flagship G5 is the dream machine for creative people.

ALL-IN-ONE PRINTER

Hewlett Packard OfficeJet 7130 ($500). For the home office, the workhorse HP 7130 can't be beat. It combines inkjet printer, scanner, color copier, fax in one hefty but manageable unit, and comes with card slots for printing digital photos without a computer.

VIDEO RECORDER

Pioneer DVR-810HS DVD Recorder With TiVo ($1,000). TiVo and other digital video recorders essentially displaced VCRs this year, but there was still the problem of what to do when the TiVo hard disk filled up. Pioneer's DVR-810HS allows you to capture a program from satellite or cable, watch it whenever you like, then archive it by recording to a DVD-R disc. No more TiVo tussles!

TELEVISION

Gateway 42-inch HD Plasma TV ($4,000). Gateway's product gets star treatment here not because it's the best performer--it's very good but not great--but rather because of its stellar price compared with other plasmas. Gateway has been a leader in bringing plasma to the masses; it also makes a 50-inch HD model that sells for $5,500.