The 18.5-inch MS214 delivers a decent mix of features, performance, and price--so long as you can do without a touchscreen and slow networking.

The Studio XPS 8100 is a solid all-around performer with good connectivity and a bundled 120Hz Samsung LCD and nVidia 3D glasses. Just don't count on making upgrades.

It's good to know that if necessary, a worker in duress could pick his ThinkCentre A70z up by the handle and swing it as a crude blunt weapon.

Slow performance next to competing PC at the same price. The HDMI port in particular will be useful as more and more LCD monitors incorporate that input, and the DX4300-03, while still a midtower,...

The system's 160GB of hard drive space is ready for digital photos and iTunes music, and there's a decent amount of preloaded software on board. The Radeon 9600 is good for light 3D tasks and help...

The Asus's screen's video quality is acceptable, but can look a bit washed out in darker movie scenes.

The bottom line: Gateway's affordable One ZX4800-02 all-in-one isn't the most feature-rich desktop at this price, but it's fast and capable enough that it will handle most basic consumer tasks wit...

The bottom line: The Gateway DX4831-01e is the midtower version of the Editors' Choice award-winning SX2840-01 and exhibits equally impressive performance scores while offering ample room for ex...

The bottom line: Don't let the Gateway FX6831-01's case distract you from the fact that this is a fast, aggressively priced gaming PC with some standout features. We wouldn't recommend this syst...

Between the soft audio and 18.4-inch displays common to both systems, neither is a digital media stand-out, but they should be enough to provide decent background entertainment or up-close viewing.