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emachines t5254: The eMachines T5254 is a little less powerful than its last system in this price range, but it's also a bit less expensive. For $400, we're willing to accept a slightly slower CPU and a slightly smaller hard drive, especially when the alternatives from Dell and HP can't come close...; Tags: DVD, Consumer electronics, Processors, Desktops, eMachines Inc., eMachines T5254; Product reviews 2008-04-21

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Dell Inspiron 530: Since Dell has stopped selling its AMD-based Inspirons, that leaves the Intel-powered Inspiron 530 and 530s leading its budget desktop charge. The Inspiron 530 is a modest $539 configuration that offers some surprising features for the price. Hewlett-Packard competes very well in this price range too, but Dell's one...; Tags: Notebooks, Bluetooth Module, Dell Inspiron, Inspiron 530, Dell Computer Corp.; Product reviews 2008-04-18
HP Pavilion a6400z: The HP Pavilion a6400z desktop is a versatile machine aimed at meeting your basic home, school, or work computing needs. Our review configuration of the a6400z came in at $340, but with a few key upgrades on HP's Web site you can turn this into a much better system for...; Tags: Desktops, DVD, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Consumer electronics, a6400z, eMachines Inc., Hewlett-Packard Co., HP Pavilion; Product reviews 2008-04-10
Acer Aspire M5100: And the trickle-down continues. At the end of last year, we saw quad-core desktops coming in under $1,000. Fast-forward three months and quad-core has become even less expensive. The $700 Acer Aspire M5100 is an excellent representative of this new breed of affordable quad-core desktops. The question is, considering that...; Tags: Processors, DVD, Consumer electronics, Video cards, Acer Inc., Aspire M5100, quad-core, eMachines Inc.; Product reviews 2008-03-25
eMachines T5246: The eMachines T5246 PC is the most expensive of the budget desktop brand's offerings this quarter. Of course, at $429, it's not exactly a luxury item. If you're thinking about a lower-end eMachines system and have a few extra dollars to spare, we'd certainly recommend this one over the $349...; Tags: DVD, Consumer electronics, Desktops, Processors, eMachines T5246, eMachines Inc.; Product reviews 2008-03-06

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eMachines T3642: Of all the sub-$400 PCs on the market right now, the eMachines T3642 is the best in its price class. It offers the most processing power, the largest hard drive storage, and the most versatile collection of features compared with other on-the-shelf offerings currently available at Best Buy, Circuit City,...; Tags: Processors, Desktops, DVD, Consumer electronics, processor, eMachines T3642, eMachines Inc., AMD Athlon, desktop; Product reviews 2008-02-11
Hey, Steve Jobs, since the economy sux, why not a $699 MacBook?: Hey, Steve Jobs, since the economy sux, why not a $699 MacBook?There is a $699 Mac BookThere is a $699 Mac Book, it's just that Apple are selling it for $1,300+. You know willing Mac fans are with parting with their money...RE: Hey, Steve Jobs, since the economy sux, why...; Tags: Notebooks, Apple MacBook, Apple Inc., Apple Macintosh, Steve Jobs; Discussion threads 2008-02-04
ATI acquisition might be key to AMD's future success: ATI acquisition might be key to AMD's future successTurning point yes, but which direction?So far, they have shown little to say things will get better.RE: ATI acquisition might be key to AMD's future successI hope AMD can have a good turn around. We need two CPU manufactures on equal...; Tags: Linux, 64-bit, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate law, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), acquisition, Running Vista, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., ATI Technologies Inc.; Discussion threads 2008-01-18
Lawyers: Vista branding confused even Microsoft: Lawyers: Vista branding confused even MicrosoftThat about says it all, no?If their marketing guy couldn't figure out what it meant, until INSTRUCTED BY THE LAWYERS, what chance did gramma have in the sales room?Why can't Vista Ultimate run on low end PCs?I can understand how the distinction between "capable" and...; Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), branding, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista, Vista Capable; Discussion threads 2007-11-28
eMachines T3626: Of the super budget PCs currently available from mainstream retailers and Dell.com, the $399 eMachines T3626 is the second best deal available. We found a system from Acer that has more features for the money, but the eMachines edges that one out by offering a $50 rebate. If that deferred...; Tags: DVD, Consumer electronics, Processors, storage, eMachines Inc., eMachines T3626, eMachines T5234; Product reviews 2007-11-06
eMachines T5234: eMachines is merely treading water with its T-series line of fixed-configuration, budget PCs. The latest, the T5234, offers no improvement to last quarter's T5230 system. If anything, the T5234 represents a step back, using a slightly slower CPU than the model it replaces. The only upgrade to be found is...; Tags: DVD, Consumer electronics, Processors, Dell Computer Corp., eMachines T5234, eMachines Inc.; Product reviews 2007-11-01
Apple Mac Mini (1.83GHz Intel Core 2 Duo): Editor's note: While this is not a hands-on review of this specific model, we did review the higher-end 2.0GHz Mac Mini. This write-up of the 1.83GHz model is based on our experience with the more expensive one, which shares many of the same characteristics. At $599, the 1.83GHz Intel Core...; Tags: Desktops, Intel Core 2 Duo, Apple Inc., Apple Mac Mini, Intel Corp., Apple Intel Mac Mini, Apple Macintosh; Product reviews 2007-10-15
Lenovo ThinkCentre A61e: We don't normally review business desktops here at CNET, the reason being that we try to stay focused on consumer products. Still, every once in a while we find a PC designed for the business world that also has crossover appeal as a home office system. Lenovo's new ThinkCentre A61e...; Tags: Desktops, DVD, Consumer electronics, IBM ThinkCentre, ThinkCentre A61e, Apple Intel Mac Mini, Lenovo Group Ltd., Apple Macintosh, Dell Computer Corp.; Product reviews 2007-10-08
Apple Mac Mini (2.0GHz Intel Core 2 Duo): At the same time it revamped its iMac, Apple also more quietly updated its smaller-scale Mac Mini desktops, adding a faster Intel Core 2 Duo processor in place of the old Core Duo chips. The result is more or less competitive performance compared to similar Windows PCs. The problem is...; Tags: Desktops, Processors, Apple Inc., Apple Mac Mini, Intel Corp., Apple Intel Mac Mini, Apple Macintosh, Intel Core 2 Duo, Dell Computer Corp.; Product reviews 2007-08-27
Multiple milestones as Acer buys Gateway: Acer announced Monday that it is buying Gateway for $710 million in a move that vaults the Taiwan-based PC vendor into the top 3 globally based on revenue. Acer reckons that Gateway will give it more than $15 billion in revenue and shipments topping 20 million PC units a year...; Tags: Brand, Gateway Inc., Lenovo Group Ltd., Acer Inc., Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2007-08-27
Long live the Gateway cow spots!: In 1985, Ted Waitt and his pal Mike Hammond started selling computers out of a barn. Starting with a $10,000 loan guaranteed by his grandmother, a rented computer and a three-page business plan, they grew Gateway into a $10 billion company at its peak in 2000, with a global work...; Tags: Gateway Inc., Stock, Ed Burnette; Blog posts 2007-08-27
Dell's mis-statements are not trivial: Dell's mis-statements are not trivialSOX violations?Given the dates of these shenanigans, aren't the SOX reporting requirements applicable?Return the money from the sale of the company to the investorsFamous last wordsLook out Dell, Acer's comingMy last notebook computer purchase was not a Dell like in 2004. In Dec. 2006, I...; Tags: Sarbanes-Oxley, Regulatory compliance, Regulations, Notebooks, Dell Computer Corp., Acer Inc.; Discussion threads 2007-08-17
Lenovo in talks to buy Packard Bell: Lenovo in talks to buy Packard BellIsn't Packard Bell...The same company that years ago made machines that literally had no IRQ channels free, but included 3 ISA ports? Didn't they really shaft customers and have everything share main memory too...using the least-expensive chips available (ones with almost no cache)? The...; Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Branding, Packard-Bell, Packard Bell NEC, Lenovo Group Ltd.; Discussion threads 2007-08-08
Dell Inspiron 531s: The new Inspiron 531S is the slimmed-down desktop we've been waiting for from Dell. By finally offering a wireless networking adapter option, Dell lets this small PC preserve the tidy profile lacking in its past attempts at the category. Our $659 config, while a decent enough performer, doesn't distance itself...; Tags: Notebooks, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Dell Inspiron, Dell Computer Corp., Inspiron 531S; Product reviews 2007-07-18