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Dell Inspiron 518

The Inspiron 518 is a welcome update to Dell's traditional, mainstream desktop line. Basic configurations start at $399, although our $784 review unit is a competitive showcase of some of Dell's more advanced configuration options. We wish Dell sold this system with 64-bit Windows Vista, as competing mainstream PCs from...

Tags: Notebooks, Dell Inspiron, Dell Computer Corp., Inspiron 518

Product reviews 2008-07-31

Dell Studio Hybrid, new Inspirons reviewed

Dell announced today three new PCs. One of them, the Studio Hybrid, is a small form-factor desktop with a novel design that competes with the Apple Mac mini and HP Slimline series. The other two, the Dell Inspiron 13 laptop and Dell Inspiron 518 desktop, are more practical back-to-school boxes....

Tags: Dell Computer Corp., PC, Laptop Computer, Dell Inspiron, Studio Hybrid, PCMag.com, Inspiron 13, Inspiron 518, Notebooks, Desktops, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, John Morris

Blog posts 2008-07-29

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HP Pavilion Elite m9300t

At its core, our $1,100 HP Pavilion Elite m9300t review unit is a reasonably priced example of HP's midrange desktop. It gives you about $900 worth of basic computer, and an extra $200 in home theater-style extras. The good news is that this system is configurable, so if, like us,...

Tags: Desktops, DVD, Consumer electronics, Network technology, Hewlett-Packard Co., HP Pavilion, HP Pavilion Elite

Product reviews 2008-08-18

Gateway DX4200-UB001A

We didn't love Gateway's new FX4710 performance desktop because it sacrificed extra features (say, a faster 3D card?) for the sake of plumping its memory specs. We felt the same trepidation with the $750 DX4200, but the fact is that this desktop is the best-equipped mainstream midtower on the...

Tags: Network technology, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Gateway DX4200, FX4710, Gateway Inc., 64-bit

Product reviews 2008-08-08

Gateway GT5692

The $550 Gateway GT5692 is part a new batch of recently released midrange desktop PCs. This particular configuration has an AMD Phenom X3 8450 triple-core processor, 4GB of memory, HDMI-out, and 64-bit Windows Vista. The package gave us decent speed and benchmarking results, so if you're looking for a dependable...

Tags: Video cards, Network technology, Semiconductors, Desktops, Gateway GT5692, Gateway Inc.

Product reviews 2008-08-06