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.

Dell's first desktops to carry the Inspiron name look good, inside and out. Processor: Intel Pentium Dual Core E2180 (2.00 GHz). Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo E4600 (2.4 GHz). Our configuration came...

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...

Lenovo’s 20-inch C300 delivers a big screen and lots of storage; some critical deficiencies, however, put a dent in its usefulness.

The bottom line: Apple made a number of changes to this $1,499 iMac, but making a 24-inch screen available at this price is the most impressive. The rest of the updates are welcome, and Apple's mul...

There's no doubt the Dell Optiplex 960 is quick, and that its small size and quiet operation make it an ideal unit for a cubicle environment, but it does cost a lot of money.

The internal wiring of the XPS 9000 is neat and tidy, a welcome sight in contrast to the disaster zones I'm used to seeing in PCs at this price range. Excellent gaming performance. Not quite as up...

The performance of the Lenovo ThinkCentre M58p is impressive given its size; but considering all that the machine lacks, it seems more of a gimmick than a general-purpose computer.

This supersmall device is a fully functioning PC, but only barely so. This machine's laundry list of omissions makes a netbook seem like a better option.

The bottom line: You'll have to add the supporting software yourself, but if you want to get ready for the 64-bit era in computing, Gateway's 9310XL desktop presents a highly capable, affordable o...