Towers of Power - in a roundup of workstations tested on a variety of CAD/CAM applications, Dell is the editors' choice in both the mid-range and high-end categories, Jan Ozer, PC Magazine, September 17, 2002

CATIA Version 5 Workstation Benchmark - reviewed are workstations from Compaq, Dell, IBM, Phil Harrison, CATIA Solutions Magazine, May/June 2002

Best Work$tation Buy$ for CAD Users - Xi gets top marks as it goes up against Compaq, Dell, HP, IBM, Polywell and Sys Technology, Cadalyst, Ron LaFon and Art Liddle, June 2002

Pro/E Magazine's 9th Annual Workstation and Mobile Workstation Review - Tri-Star leads Dell, IBM and Compaq in total points, Compaq's Evo best value, summary sheet, Brian D. Havens, Pro/E, May 2002 (pdf)

Seven Speedy Systems for 3D CAD Modeling - head to head comparisons between workstations from Compaq, Dell, IBM, Polywell (top rating), SYS Technology, and Xi (top rating), Ron LaFon, William Adams, and Art Liddle, Cadalyst, Dec 2001

CATbench 2001: CATIA Solutions Magazine's 2001 CATIA Version 5 Workstation Benchmark - Compaq, Dell, HP get top scores in workstation performance, May/June 2001, CATIA Solutions

Affordable Power: Compaq Deskpro AP250 Series - David Cohn, Desktop Engineering, January 2001