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- WinBook PowerSpec T470
- By itself, WinBook's new PowerSpec T470 looks like a strong-enough machine for Windows Vista Home Premium. If it came in around $800 or so, we'd be happy with its overall price performance, too. The problem is that at $999, it's too close in price to the faster Dell Dimension E521....
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Performance management, Processors, WinBook, PowerSpec T470, PowerSpec, Dell Dimension E521, Dell Computer Corp., Dell Dimension, Intel Core 2 Duo, performance
- Product reviews 2007-02-02
- Dell Dimension E521
- Most of the hardware behind Dell's midrange Dimension E521 isn't that new. What is exciting is that Dell now offers it with Windows Vista Home Premium. The Dimension E521 in general is a typically customizable Dell PC, and the $1,029 configuration we received demonstrates that if you pick the right...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Desktops, Dell Computer Corp., Dimension E521, Microsoft Windows Vista, Dell Dimension E521, Dell Dimension
- Product reviews 2007-01-30
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- Dell Inspiron 531
- The Dell Inspiron 531 along with a handful of other new desktops marks the introduction of a more streamlined Dell product family. For both laptops and desktops, the Inspiron line will represent its mainstream consumer PCs, with the XPS looping together the high-end products. In other words, so long Dimension,...
- Tags: Notebooks, Dell Inspiron, Inspiron 531, Dell Computer Corp.
- Product reviews 2007-06-26
- Dell makes it official with Wal-Mart
- Wal-Mart has begun selling Dell desktops. It appears it might not be too long before Dell notebooks join them in stores, either. (Where else can you get buy a package of frozen hamburgers and a computer in the same location? At least inside the U.S. Elsewhere, it’s not uncommon for...
- Tags: semiconductors, notebooks, multicore processors, Intel, Desktops, Dell, AMD
- Blog posts 2007-06-11
- Dell Ubuntu Linux has arrived
- Late yesterday Dell opened the floodgates of its grand consumer Linux experiment by offering three systems with Ubuntu Desktop Edition version 7.04 pre-installed. They are available for purchase now:The Dimension E520 N starts at $599 ($749 - $150 promotional discount), and includes an Intel Core 2 Duo processor (E4300), 1GB...
- Tags: Commercial, Community, Dell, General, Licenses, Linux
- Blog posts 2007-05-25
- Dell and Wal-Mart add up to a positive for AMD?
- Dell appears poised to help out AMD as part of a new venture into retail stores. Dell announced yesterday that it will begin selling desktop PCs at retailer Wal-Mart Stores in the U.S. and Canada this coming June. News reports say the first desktops to be offered on Wal-Mart shelves...
- Tags: AMD, Dell, Desktops, Intel, semiconductors
- Blog posts 2007-05-25
- Wal-Mart to start selling Dells?
- News.com is reporting that Wal-Mart will begin selling Dell desktops this weekend.Quoting analyst Samir Bhavnani, research director at Current Analysis West, Steven Musil writes that Wal-Mart will sell the Dimension E521 at more than 3,000 retail locations in the U.S.In the post, Bhavnani says:"Finally, Dell has addressed one of its...
- Tags: Dell, Hardware Infrastructure
- Blog posts 2007-05-24
- Gateway DX430X
- Gateway first announced its DX430X midrange desktop at this year's CES. Why it's taken this long to get us a unit to review we're not exactly clear on, but the delay has given Gateway the chance to submit this $1,470 system with some updated specs. What we like most about...
- Tags: Desktops, Games, Video cards, Processors, Gateway Inc., Gateway DX430X, PC
- Product reviews 2007-05-18
- Velocity Micro ProMagix E2035
- Velocity Micro's newest, least-expensive Best Buy PC is not a great deal, it's merely an OK one. Aimed at the entry-level 3D gamer, the $1,499 ProMagix E2035 has most of the hardware needed to have a satisfying gaming experience. It features Velocity Micro's typical build quality and an attractive case....
- Tags: Performance management, Processors, Games, ProMagix E2035, Velocity, Velocity Micro, Cyberpower
- Product reviews 2007-05-04
- Ubuntu on Dells almost official
- Desktoplinux.com is reporting on a number of potential models that may be coming preloaded with Ubuntu 7.04 by the end of May. While several of us at ZDNet have pointed to Michael Dells well-publicized use of Ubuntu on his own laptop, this is the first were hearing of hardware...
- Tags: Education Technology, Open Source
- Blog posts 2007-05-01
- Dell picks Ubuntu for Linux PCs
- Dell picks Ubuntu for Linux PCsCongratulations UbuntuHopefully Dell does for you what IBM did for Microsoft. I may just save up for a Linux Loaded Dell.For those who don't want VistaIt is an alternative. For me Vista or Linux on new PC doesn't matter as neither OS will run the...
- Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Desktops, Microsoft Corp., Linux PC, Linux, Ubuntu, Dell Computer Corp., PC
- Discussion threads 2007-05-01
- Dell brings back XP on home systems
- Dell brings back XP on home systemsI must say that I'm honestly surprised..When I buy a computer I get a business machine and recently purchased some with XP installed. I noticed at the time that some vendors were offering only Vista on machines for consumers. I didn't blink...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Printers, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows XP, Dell Computer Corp.
- Discussion threads 2007-04-19
- HP Pavilion a1740n
- You'll find HP's Pavilion a1740n on stores shelves at Best Buy, Circuit City, and other large PC retailers. We suggest you leave it there. The street price of this PC is roughly $850, depending on in-store rebates and other discount offers. Dell offers a much more compelling Dimension E521 for...
- Tags: Desktops, Processors, Hewlett-Packard Co., HP Pavilion, IBuyPower, Dell Computer Corp., PC
- Product reviews 2007-03-14
- Polywell Poly 690G-5200
- Polywell's low to midrange Poly 690G-5200 sounds like a decent desktop for the money. It's got a better-than-average dual core AMD processor, AMD's brand new 690G chipset, and it only costs $899. Its unassuming case neither offends nor impresses, and even though its performance lags a bit considering its specs,...
- Tags: Video cards, Network technology, Processors, Semiconductors, Desktops, Polywell, graphics, Adobe PhotoShop
- Product reviews 2007-03-10
- HP Pavilion Media Center m7780n TV PC
- Like other systems we've reviewed lately, the only feature that distinguishes HP's new $1,599 Pavilion Media Center m7780n TV PC from its older model is that this newer PC comes with Windows Vista. That's fine, as few developments in PC hardware since we reviewed the last model warrant any dramatic...
- Tags: HD DVD, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Desktops, Media Center PCs, HP Pavilion, Hewlett-Packard Co., Microsoft Windows Vista, TV-PC, HD-DVD, Media Center PC
- Product reviews 2007-02-24
- Dell may get serious about product design
- Dell may get serious about product designAnother huge mis-step by DellSo he hired yet another person steeped in traditional thinking who's claim to fame is wrapping the same old products with a new ribbon and bow.If this is the best Mr. Dell can do then the company is in deep...
- Tags: product design, Dell BIOS, Dell Computer Corp., dell, BIOS
- Discussion threads 2007-02-16
- eMachines T5224
- The eMachines T5224 is the first true budget-class PC we've seen with Windows Vista on it. We mostly like what we've seen so far, but we can't help but wonder what would happen if Gateway/eMachines took better advantage of AMD's aggressive chip pricing. This $580 PC (before $50 rebate) comes...
- Tags: chip, eMachines Inc., eMachines T5224, PC
- Product reviews 2007-02-05
- iBuyPower Value 640
- It's not as trim and tidy as the Shuttle XPC X200M, nor does the iBuyPower Value 640 house as many features. This Vista-based home-theater PC provides better performance at a lower price, however, and it allows for easy upgrades--an important fact given the sparse configuration of our $1,001 review unit....
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), DVD, Consumer electronics, TV & Home Theater, iBuyPower Value 640, Value 640, Shuttle
- Product reviews 2007-02-01
- Long list of Vista bugs that will keep me off Vista
- Long list of Vista bugs that will keep me off VistaSome suggestionsI know you don't like upgrading from XP - you've said in the past that you don't recommend it - but I assume you've tried Vista on a "clean" PC or is this running on a virtualised PC?I understand...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Microsoft Windows Vista, operating system, PC
- Discussion threads 2007-01-08
- Dell Dimension C521
- After so much buildup, you might think that the Dell Dimension C521 would make a more dramatic entrance. It is, after all, one of the first two Dell consumer desktops to include a processor from AMD. But rather than rolling out the new partnership at the top of the desktop...
- Tags: Desktops, Video cards, Processors, Dell Dimension, Dimension C521, Dell Computer Corp.
- Product reviews 2006-09-18
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