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.

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...

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

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.

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

One GB of memory is the recommended minimum to run Windows 7 and additional memory will make multitasking and graphics run smoother.

The interior layout is optimized for quiet performance and great cooling.

The XPS 710 brings quad-core processing to Dell's flagship desktop, but competing systems from others outshine this system in too many ways for us to recommend it. We still like the case and the bu...

It's easy to reach the two open RAM sockets, one open PCI slot, and two open drive bays. The four free hard drive bays face outward and have removable rails, so drives slide in and out easily.