The bottom line: Gateway's SX2840-01 remains the budget PC to beat. Its combination of small size, fast performance, and living room competence makes it one of the most flexible desktops on the ...

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.

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 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...

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 Lenovo IdeaCentre H230  is a desktop compatible with Windows 7 and runs on an  Intel Core 2 Duo processor .

The bottom line: The retail version of Dell's Studio XPS 8000 desktop might lack some of the charm of its direct-from-Dell counterpart, but its strong price-performance offering makes it easy to o...