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- AVADirect Nano Cube
- AVADirect's $2,266 Nano Cube tries to take on Shuttle's XPC H7 5800 at its own small form factor game. Both systems come with smaller-than-normal SFF cases, and each requires sacrifices, even more than with a standard SFF PC, in exchange for its tiny dimensions. Therein lies our problem with this...
- Tags: DVD, Consumer electronics, Games, Shuttle XPC, SFF, small form factor, Cube, Shuttle, Nano, DVD burner, PC, Nvidia GeForce, NVidia Corp., AVADirect, game
- Product reviews 2009-11-04
- Averatec D1130 All-in-One
- The Averatec D1130 All-In-One is a stripped-down version of the D1133 we reviewed last month, and while this version cuts the price down to only $399, it also strips away many of the features that gave the higher-end model some value. With its puny 1.6GHz Intel Atom chip, 1GB of...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows, Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Monitors & displays, Averatec Inc., D1133
- Product reviews 2009-10-30
- Acer Aspire Revo AR1600-U910H
- Typically our challenges with the emergent Nettop category have been that real budget PCs cost just a little bit more and provide a dramatic performance uptick, and similarly priced Netbooks offer equivalent performance with the added benefit of portability. The Aspire Revo 1600's price tag alone answers those issues. ...
- Tags: Wi-Fi, Performance management, Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Wireless and Mobility, Semiconductors, Acer Inc., wireless networking
- Product reviews 2009-10-30
- Asus Eee Top ET2002
- Nvidia wants us to tell you that its GeForce 9400M graphics chip, aka Nvidia's Ion technology, pulls Asus' Eee Top ET2002 up from the depths of Nettop misery by imparting it with better-than-terrible graphics and video processing. We agree that the 9400 chip improves the ET2002's visual chops, but a...
- Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Games, Semiconductors, Keyboards, Video cards, Game players, nettop, chip, game, HDMI, ASUS, graphics
- Product reviews 2009-10-20
- Psystar Open(Q)
- If nothing else, Psystar's OpenQ should serve as a message to Apple that it's long overdue in bringing quad-core CPUs to its mainstream desktops. Because as much as the OpenQ lacks Apple's design polish, this $799, illicitly OS X-based midtower runs circles around Apple's $1,499 24-inch iMac on our benchmarks....
- Tags: Apple Mac OS X, PRODUCTIVITY, Desktops, Processors, Psystar, Snow Leopard, Apple Inc.
- Product reviews 2009-10-09
- Gateway ZX6810-01
- Congratulations to Gateway's One ZX6801-01 for sending in the first official Windows 7-based PC to CNET Labs. We've already reviewed Windows 7, so we'll spend most of our energy here talking about Gateway's new PC. We like the One ZX6810-01 well enough. When it goes on sale for $1,399 at...
- Tags: Gateway Inc., Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows
- Product reviews 2009-10-07
- Averatec D1133 All-In-One
- Does a certain price make a nonmobile computer a Nettop? How about a particular CPU or case design? The Averatec D1133 All-In-One blurs the lines. Its low price and relatively slow performance make an argument for calling it a Nettop. But even though it's slow by conventional PC standards, thanks...
- Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Monitors & displays, Averatec Inc., nettop
- Product reviews 2009-09-30
- Lenovo C300-3012 (Atom 230 1.6GHz, 4GB RAM, 640GB HDD, Vista Home Premium)
- If we to adopt a relativist approach and consider Nettops apart from the larger desktop market, we might actually recommend the $549 Lenovo C300. It includes an uncommonly large 20-inch wide-screen display and performs better than many of its peers because of a slightly faster Intel Atom CPU. Standing in...
- Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Wi-Fi, Desktops, hard drive, Lenovo Group Ltd., Lenovo C300
- Product reviews 2009-09-23
- Netgear WNDR3700 RangeMax Dual Band Wireless-N Gigabit Router (Premium Edition)
- The new Netgear WNDR3700 RangeMax is a great upgrade from the Netgear WNDR3300. It now supports true dual bands, offering simultaneous Wireless-N performance in both 2.4Ghz and 5Ghz bands. The router also offers a decent network storage feature when coupled with a USB external hard drive. It includes a traffic...
- Tags: Routers & switches, Network technology, NETWORKING, router, WNDR3700, Netgear Inc., network
- Product reviews 2009-09-23
- QNAP TS-239 Pro dual-bay NAS server
- If you want to get a lot out of your NAS server, the QNAP TS-239 Pro may be the right choice for you, provided you don't mind getting your own hard drives and you possess a decent amount of networking knowhow. The QNAP TS-239 Pro supports an Ajax-based Webinterface...
- Tags: Network-attached storage (NAS), QNap, QNAP TS-239 Pro, NAS, server, NAS server, TS-239 Pro, storage
- Product reviews 2009-09-17
- 802.11n approved; Not 'new' and hardly groundbreaking
- I'm moving to itWell, if all you do is check email and write blog posts all day - then yeah, g is fine.BUT - if you ever intend on watching high-def video or play games, then even g is not enough. You'll want n.WiMAX is interesting, BUT:-No computer we have...
- Tags: Wi-Fi, Wireless and Mobility, NETWORKING, N-Router, WPA-PSK, wireless, IEEE 802.11n, Netgear Inc., network
- Discussion threads 2009-09-14
- Velocity Micro Edge Z30 (Intel Core i7)
- We've written about Falcon Northwest's new Core i7-based gaming PC, and now Velocity Micro gets a turn to showcase Intel's new mainstream-priced desktop chip. Our Velocity Micro Edge Z30 review unit comes in at $1,349 and features an overclocked Intel Core i7 860 chip. It also outperforms a pricier Dell...
- Tags: Desktops, PCI, Velocity Micro, Velocity, Edge Z30, Velocity Micro Edge Z30, desktop, Intel Core Microarchitecture
- Product reviews 2009-09-10
- Acer Aspire M5800-U5802A
- Blame its cheap-looking plastic exterior if Acer's $799 Aspire M5800 doesn't look like much. It makes up for its discount bin looks with fast performance, as well as a solid all-around set of features. We'd recommend this desktop to budget-minded gamers, digital media artists, or anyone in need a reasonably...
- Tags: 64-bit, Network technology, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Processors, Acer Inc., Acer Aspire, Aspire M5800
- Product reviews 2009-08-25
- Netgear Wireless-N Router WNR2000
- The Netgear Wireless-N Router WNR2000 is a compact and simple Wireless-N router with a friendly price of just around $70. The router offers decent throughput speeds and excellent range, and it's also the first router from Netgear to come with a free, comprehensive Web-based Web-filtering tool. Missing are some extras,...
- Tags: Routers & switches, Network technology, NETWORKING, Missing, router, Netgear Inc., Netgear Wireless-N Router WNR2000
- Product reviews 2009-08-20
- eMachines EZ1601-01
- Declaring the eMachines EZ1601-01 the best all-in-one Nettop we've seen is kind of like saying swine flu is our favorite vaccination-resistant virus. We haven't been shy about our distaste for this entire Nettop product category, and while eMachines has wrapped this system around an uncommonly large display for its $399...
- Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, DVD, eMachines Inc., eMachines EZ1601-01, ASUS
- Product reviews 2009-08-17
- D-Link Wireless N Router DIR-615 - wireless router
- The D-Link Wireless N Router DIR-615 eliminates any excuse you might have to not move to Wireless-N (300Mbps speed cap). With a price of about $40, the router is cheaper than even some Wireless-G routers--which cap at 54mbps--such as the Linksys WRT110. And you'll get a lot for the price....
- Tags: Routers & switches, Network technology, NETWORKING, Home networking, router, DIR-615, D-Link Systems, Wireless-N Router, network, Web interface, wireless, wireless router
- Product reviews 2009-08-13
- Asus Essentio CG5290-BP007
- Editors' note: This review is part of our 2009 Retail Laptop and Desktop Back-to-School roundup, covering specific fixed configurations of popular systems that can be found in retail stores.The $1,199 Asus Essentio CG5290-BP007 stands out from the rest of our back-to-school PCs because of both its price and its intentions....
- Tags: Blu-ray, Desktops, Games, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Network technology, Asus Essentio CG5290-BP007, Asus Essentio, ASUS
- Product reviews 2009-08-04
- HP Pavilion Elite e9120y
- Editors' note: This review is part of our 2009 Retail Laptop and Desktop Back-to-School roundup, covering specific fixed configurations of popular systems that can be found in retail stores. We're not overly excited by the HP Pavilion Elite e9120y. Yes, it has a Blu-ray drive, an AMD quad-core chip, and...
- Tags: Desktops, Network technology, HP Pavilion, Hewlett-Packard Co., HP Pavilion Elite, desktop
- Product reviews 2009-07-31
- Asus Essentio CG5270-BP003
- Editors' note: This review is part of our 2009 Retail Laptop and Desktop Back-to-School roundup, covering specific fixed configurations of popular systems that can be found in retail stores. The large, angular Asus Essentio CG5270-BP003 strikes us a desktop trying to be something it's not. PC gamers may feel comfortable...
- Tags: Games, Desktops, ASUS, Asus Essentio CG5270-BP003, Asus Essentio, desktop, game
- Product reviews 2009-07-31
- eMachines ET1810-03
- If you're shopping for a light-duty computer on a budget but still crave the performance benefits of a full-size desktop, the $370 eMachines ET1810-03 budget desktop might be the answer. It doesn't have the eMachines EL1300G-01w's slim-tower profile, but it makes a dramatic improvement in performance with a fast Intel...
- Tags: Ethernet, Modems, Fax, DVD, Consumer electronics, Desktops, eMachines ET1810-03, eMachines Inc.
- Product reviews 2009-07-31
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