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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

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eMachines T5226 - Pentium D 925 3GHz

The only significant difference between the eMachines T5224 we reviewed earlier in the year and the new T5226 is the CPU. The newer $550 T5226 has a 3.0GHz Intel Pentium D 925 dual-core processor, a slight uptick over the older Intel chip in the T5224. And while we like eMachines'...

Tags: Performance management, Processors, Semiconductors, Desktops, DVD, eMachines T5226, eMachines T5224, eMachines Inc., Intel Pentium

Product reviews 2007-04-30

HP Pavilion SlimLine s3020n PC

Hewlett-Packard's new Pavilion SlimLine s3020n PC comes bearing HP's new glossy black vision for all of its PCs and laptops. We've long complained that HP gray was only a few boring steps removed from old-school desktop beige, and we're glad to see HP took some steps to make its PCs...

Tags: Desktops, HP Pavilion, Slimline, Hewlett-Packard Co., memory, PC

Product reviews 2007-04-03

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

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

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