Gateway’s SX2840-01 is a clever improvement of their fabulous SX2800-01. This slim tower has 2.93GHz quad core machine multitasks with ease and has very fast performance. The specs (6GB RAM, 64MB Video Card, 1TB Hard drive) make it perfect for home or office use. It’s got HDMI (video) out which means that you can also use it as a Home Theatre PC. The missing onboard wireless networking can easily be remedied by installing an internal or external device. The SX2840-01 is CNET Editors Choice for Feburary 2010.

You can buy the SX2840-01 for $559 at Newegg and $569 Amazon. Read the rest of this entry »

In today’s vast world of desktops perfection can be hard to find…unless you’re looking at the Apple iMac 27-Inch. Touted as the MB952LL/A, this All in One blows away the competition in terms of style, performance, and reliability. Everybody knows that with Macs “you get what you pay for.” Even though a similar PC desktop costs $500 less, Mac users aren’t afraid to shell out cash for a system with upper end components and greater reliability. $1,694 gets you a beautiful 27-inch LED display, a robust 3.06GHz Intel Core Duo processor, 4GB of DDR3 RAM, and a 1TB Hard Drive running at 7200 rpm. The ATI Radeon HD 4670 graphics card delivers above average multitasking and good 3D gaming performance. Interesting additions with this new iMac are the ultra thin wireless keyboard and multi-touch Magic mouse.

The MB952LL/A is priced at $1,694 at Amazon. You can see this 27-incher iMac in all its glory at Apple’s website. See the 27-inch iMac

Note: Read our full review of the Gateway SX2800-01 here.

If you’re scouting for a fast & inexpensive desktop for your home or office consider the Gateway SX2800-01. The best aspect about this PC is the price for the overall power – for $500 you get an system that has Intel Quad Core CPU, 4GB RAM, and a respectful 640GB  Hard drive. The SX2800 is all contained with a slim tower design that’s only 4″ thick. Excellent.

This CNet Video explains that the SX2800-01 offers a strong combination of performance and features all wrapped up in thin pc design. Cnet recommends this system to those hunting for a fast and affordable desktop for the home office, the living room, or anywhere in between.

The Acer Aspire X1700-U3700A is a budget desktop that packs almost enough power to use as a basic desktop or a light-duty home theater PC. Currently priced around $378 at The Nerds.net ($383 at pcRUSh), the X1700 utilizes space saving thin design which allows you to place it anywhere in your home. Really picture how small & thin this machine is! It’s only 10.7 inches tall, 4.2 inches wide, and 15 inches deep! It comes with a DVD burner, a media card reader, FireWire 400 port, five USB ports, and standard audio & headphone jacks.

The X1700 comes with an Intel Pentium dual-core processor running at 2.4Ghz, 4GB of RAM, and a 640GB SATA Hard drive. The high end audio S/PDIF is a nice surprise here; the NVidia Geforce G100 Graphics card has 512MB of RAM. The system comes with Windows Vista – October 23rd isn’t here yet so we can’t get Windows 7. See the X1700 on Acer’s website; all the specs are here.

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If you’re scouting for a fast & inexpensive desktop for your home, office, or living room take a close look at the Gateway SX2800-01.  The best aspect about this PC is the price for the overall power – for $500 you get an system that has Intel Quad Core (2.33GHz), 4GB RAM (800MHz DDR2), and a respectful 640GB (7,200rpm) Hard drive. The SX2800 is all contained with a slim tower design that’s only 4″ thick. Excellent.

PCMAG says the SX2800’s video card (GMA X4500HD) is a good choice to support high-definition video via the built-in HDMI port. Web HD video playback was smooth and jitter-free thanks to the quad-core processor. The system is quiet, a plus for media PCs. You can add a blue ray driver a later date. See it on Gateway’s website. Checkout the Gateway SX2800-01