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- HP Pavilion dv6915nr
- We've long been fans of HP's Pavilion line of laptops, which combine an attractive design with media-friendly features at a fair price. By those criteria the Pavilion dv6915nr, a configuration available only in retail stores, is a no exception. It features the familiar glossy black case, light-touch media controls, and...
- Tags: Desktops, HP Pavilion, dv6915nr, Hewlett-Packard Co.
- Product reviews 2008-07-03
- Dell 1525-122B
- Note: This review is part of our Back to School 2008 roundup, covering specific configurations of popular laptops that can be found in retail stores.As middle-of-the-road as a laptop gets, Dell's Inspiron 1525 is an excellent go-to choice for basic computing, especially if you take the time to configure a...
- Tags: Notebooks, Processors, Dell Inspiron, Dell Computer Corp., Intel Core 2 Duo, laptop computer
- Product reviews 2008-07-03
- Dell 1420-123B
- Note: This review is part of our Back to School 2008 roundup, covering specific configurations of popular laptops that can be found in retail stores.We were very fond of Dell's 14-inch Inspiron 1420 laptop when Dell launched it in the spring of 2007, as we find that 14-inch models offer...
- Tags: Notebooks, Dell Computer Corp., Dell Inspiron, laptop computer
- Product reviews 2008-07-03
- AVADirect Core 2 SLI DDR3 Gaming System
- If you consider this upper midrange $3,220 AVADirect's Core 2 SLI DDR3 Gaming System representative of the value and build quality available from this small custom builder, we can report that we were mostly happy with this PC, even if we found it loud and its gaming performance a bit...
- Tags: Games, AVADirect Core 2 SLI DDR3 Gaming System
- Product reviews 2008-07-02
- Asus Eee PC 901 (Windows XP)
- We've been impressed by the Asus Eee PC line from the very first 7-inch model in the fall of 2007, and it seems as if every time we turn around, there's a new version hitting store shelves. This 9-inch version, the
- Tags: Chipsets, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows, Eee PC, Eee PC 900, Intel Corp., Asus Eee, ASUS
- Product reviews 2008-06-30
- Dell Studio 15
- Parsing the intended markets for Dell's ever-shifting in-house brand names requires a bit of tea-leaf reading, although it's been easier of late, with the company stripping down its consumer brands to just the Inspiron and XPS lines. Now the company is adding a new line between the budget Inspiron and...
- Tags: Notebooks, Branding, Processors, trade-off, Dell XPS, XPS, Dell Inspiron, Dell Computer Corp.
- Product reviews 2008-06-26
- HP TouchSmart IQ506
- Hewlett-Packard's redesigned TouchSmart PC solves at least one of the problems of the original. The new look stays much truer to that of a traditional all-in-one, leaving behind last year's clunky hinged design that we admit we kind of liked. The $1,499 TouchSmart PC IQ506 also shares an issue with...
- Tags: Processors, TouchSmart PC, Intel Core 2 Duo, Hewlett-Packard Co.
- Product reviews 2008-06-26
- Gateway FX7026
- Continuing in their line of desktop computers with quad-core processors, the Gateway FX7026 offers a loaded computer that can go head-to-head with other high end gaming and media heavy machines. The $1,099 price tag is more than fair for the amount of high performance features and comparable to a similar...
- Tags: Desktops, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), DVD, Consumer electronics, Gateway FX7026, Gateway Inc.
- Product reviews 2008-06-25
- Diamond Viper Radeon HD 4850
- As a standalone 3D graphics card, and depending on the game, AMD's new $199 ATI Radeon HD 4850 is very competitive with Nvidia's $229 GeForce 9800 GTX+. What's potentially more exciting is that the 4850 also seems to scale better in dual-card Crossfire mode than anything Nvidia has for the...
- Tags: Processors, Right Now IT, Radeon HD 4850, Radeon HD, Radeon, card, Advanced Micro Devices Inc.
- Product reviews 2008-06-24
- Averatec All-in-One
- Averatec's new, self-describing All-in-One offers yet another Windows-based take on the iMac. Compared with similar systems from Dell and Gateway, the $1,300 All-in-One actually has the most aggressive price, as well as the largest screen. In general, and as with those others, Averatec's new PC is less compelling than the...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Desktops, Network technology, Processors, Averatec, Apple iMac, Averatec All-in-One, Intel Core 2 Duo
- Product reviews 2008-06-20
- Maxtor Black Armor
- We're not surprised to see the Maxtor Black Armor emerge in a time when so much confidential data is transported by external hard drives. The 10GB Black Armor drive ($150) is a portable storage device with built-in Advanced Encryption Standard hardware-based encryption to prevent digital theft. Unfortunately, this added security...
- Tags: Storage, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), traveler mode, Black Armor, Maxtor Corp., password
- Product reviews 2008-06-18
- Gateway FX541XT
- Gateway's FX541XT occupies a strange gaming PC middle ground. At $3,500, it's not in the same price category as high-end PCs such as Dell's XPS 730 H2C, but it's also about $2,000 more than the emergent $1,500 gaming desktop we've seen this year, most recently in the Maingear Prelude....
- Tags: Desktops, DVD, Consumer electronics, Network technology, Gateway FX541XT, Gateway Inc., PC
- Product reviews 2008-06-18
- Asus ENGTX280
- Editor's note: After retesting their initial findings, our colleagues at GameSpot found that the GeForce 9800 GX 2 had better scores on "Call of Duty 4" and "Crysis" than was first reported. With that new information, we have found that the GTX280 has a smaller performance advantage over Nvidia's previous...
- Tags: Semiconductors, Video cards, ASUS, GeForce GTX280, NVidia Corp., Nvidia GeForce
- Product reviews 2008-06-16
- Gateway GT5674
- The Gateway GT5674 is the second mainstream desktop we've reviewed with a quad-core processor, following the Acer Aspire M5100 we tested in March. We've seen our share of high-end, high-priced gaming boxes with quad-core CPUs recently, but this technology has quickly trickled down to much more affordable desktops for mainstream...
- Tags: Processors, PCI, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), DVD, Gateway GT5674, Gateway Inc., NVidia Corp.
- Product reviews 2008-06-13
- Nikon AF-S DX 16-85mm f3.5-5.6 G ED VR lens
- For those looking to go beyond what a kit lens has to offer their Nikon dSLR, there's Nikon's AF-S DX 16-85mm f3.5-5.6 G ED VR. Compatible with all Nikon DX digital SLRs including the D300, D60, and D40, there's an awful lot to decipher in its name. geekbox...
- Tags: Nikon Corp., aperture
- Product reviews 2008-06-11
- Samsung Q1 Ultra Premium
- Once full of promise and impressive feats of engineering, the ultramobile PC category has fallen on hard times, outmaneuvered by a cheaper, more capable class of systems known as Netbooks or mininotebooks. Best exemplified by the popular Asus Eee PC, these laptops use the same small screens and low-power CPUs...
- Tags: Ultramobile PCs (UMPCs), Keyboards, ultramobile PC, Samsung Q1, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
- Product reviews 2008-06-10
- Asus M70
- The Asus M70 is the most fully loaded laptop we've seen in a long while. Aside from its massive terabyte of hard-drive space (enough to hold a few hundred movies or a few hundred thousand MP3s), the multimedia system incorporates a Blu-ray drive and a full-HD display, plus an HDMI...
- Tags: TV & Home Theater, Desktops, Asus M70, ASUS
- Product reviews 2008-06-06
- Gateway T-6828
- Most low-priced laptops are bulky midsize systems with 15.4-inch screens. But the Gateway T-6828 offers a slightly more portable thin-and-light form factor with a 14.1-inch screen that's still comfortable enough for a full day of work. Aside from portability, the $799 T-6828 offers a beautiful display and performance that matches...
- Tags: Keyboards, Notebooks, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Gateway T-6828, Gateway Inc.
- Product reviews 2008-06-06
- Alienware Area-51 (Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9770)
- From its chrome trim to its customizable case lighting, Alienware's Area-51 ALX high-end gaming desktop bears all the visual hallmarks of a luxury-class gaming PC. Our $7,738 review model came configured with Intel's highest-end Core 2 Extreme CPU, overclocked, no less, and a quad-graphics card set up, which give it...
- Tags: Games, Intel Core 2 Duo, Intel Corp., Alienware, Area-51 ALX
- Product reviews 2008-06-05
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