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  1. Asus W6 review

    Asus W6 review

    8 Last reviewed

    Never a company to shy away from new ideas, Asus has been experimenting with new materials and designs on its laptops in recent months. The Asus W6 (£1599 inc. VAT) is one such machine, featuring a leather-covered palm-rest and lid

    Sony VAIO VGN-N11S/W review

    Sony VAIO VGN-N11S/W review

    7 Last reviewed

    One of the best known brands in the world, Sony's VAIO range includes both consumer and corporate laptops. Unveiling a new design, the Sony VAIO VGN-N11S/W is a straightforward consumer laptop, ideally suited to the first-time buyer

    HP Compaq nx7400 review

    HP Compaq nx7400 review

    7 Last reviewed

    While the sub-£799 price range is often linked to the consumer market, more corporate laptops are appearing. Although identically specified to the consumer systems in this review, the HP Compaq nx7400 is a well-built and affordable business laptop

    Gateway MX6933b review

    Gateway MX6933b review

    8 Last reviewed

    Sold in the UK through Toys-R-Us, Gateway markets the MX6933b (£799 inc. VAT) as a high-end home entertainment laptop. While a lack of multimedia features makes this a strange decision, this is still one of the best laptops you can buy at this price

    Tachyon QX6700 review

    Tachyon QX6700 review

    8 Last reviewed

    We waited nigh on a year for any PC innovation, and then three things came along at once: Quad Core, the G80, and Vista. Hi-Grade's high-end box doesn't quite reach to the lofty heights of the Greatest Graphics Card Ever, but it's still a beauty

    PC Nextday Zoostorm 2-5301 review

    PC Nextday Zoostorm 2-5301 review

    9 Last reviewed

    Now that Windows Vista has been released, PC resellers are falling over themselves to sell the first systems with the OS preinstalled. Many have offered Vista as a free upgrade from Windows XP, redeemable through a voucher scheme

    Evesham 657Plus Solar Visto review

    8 Last reviewed

    With Vista generally perceived as the be-all and end-all of modern computing, the world is clamouring to know if its machines will hack the pace. And the answer appears to be yes...

    Dell Dimension E521 review

    Dell Dimension E521 review

    8 Last reviewed

    Dell has recently cast aside its tradition of using Intel processors and built a series of PCs sporting the chips of rival manufacturer AMD. This machine is one of the first AMDbased systems to adopt the BTX form factor.

    Cyberpower Infinity SLI KO review

    Cyberpower Infinity SLI KO review

    9 Last reviewed

    Time was, if you wanted high-end gear in an off-thepeg unit, you paid upwards of £3,000. Well, this rig flicks the bird to that concept. No PC we've ever tested has run games as well as this one.

    Apple Power Mac G5 Dual 2.7 GHz review

    Apple Power Mac G5 Dual 2.7 GHz review

    8 Last reviewed

    A month or two ago we would all have been drooling over this latest Power Mac with its 2.7GHz twin PowerPC processors. It's a real monster of a Mac and at the top of Apple's tree

    Zoostorm 4-6402 review

    Zoostorm 4-6402 review

    9 Last reviewed

    There are many different tricks that manufacturers can employ to make their tower systems stand out, but PC Next Day hasn't employed any of them.

    Wired2Fire HellspawnXfire review

    9 Last reviewed

    We do have a bit of a thing for machines with their power supplies at the base - with the help of the tremendous Antec P180 chassis, this machine pulls it off perfectly, allowing for some clever and efficient fan placement.

    Mesh Elite E6400 review

    Mesh Elite E6400 review

    9 Last reviewed

    When you unpack the Elite E6400 (ANS) you're confronted with the usual Mesh tower system. It looks good enough from a distance and in photographs, but close up the plastic case feels a little cheap

    HP Pavilion Media Centre M7510.uk review

    HP Pavilion Media Centre M7510.uk review

    8 Last reviewed

    No, it's not a mistake, this really is a Windows Media Center system, complete with digital/analog TV tuner. This isn't quite the bargain it seems, though, because the package we reviewed doesn't include a monitor.

    Hi-Grade mDMS P60 Mini-PC review

    Hi-Grade mDMS P60 Mini-PC review

    8 Last reviewed

    When we review something, we apportion an amount of time to do it. Unfortunately, much of the time was wasted wrestling with an obscure driver set and fiddling with what appears to be a faulty DVI port

    Evesham Solar RD review

    9 Last reviewed

    Now that the initial excitement surrounding Core 2 Duo has died down, we can now start to see which chips are being put into which machines, and importantly, at what price points

    Evesham Mini PC review

    Evesham Mini PC review

    7 Last reviewed

    Evesham's Mini PC behaves just like a regular desktop computer except that it's designed with home entertainment in mind. It runs Windows XP Media Center Edition, the latest incarnation of Microsoft's ubiquitous operating system

    Evesham Mini PC Plus review

    Evesham Mini PC Plus review

    9 Last reviewed

    Well, it's official: 'good things come in small packages' is no longer just something you say to people under the height of 5ft 8in when they're feeling glum.

    Dell M2010 review

    Dell M2010 review

    9 Last reviewed

    Now and again there are systems that come along that make you rethink what a PC is. There was a spate of such machines five years ago that challenged the notion of the desktop PC, but lacked the performance...

    Aria Home Ultra System review

    Aria Home Ultra System review

    7 Last reviewed

    When you're choosing an all-purpose family PC at a reasonable price, you shouldn't expect leading-edge gaming performance

    Evesham Solar Quattro 67 review

    Evesham Solar Quattro 67 review

    8 Last reviewed

    As if to prove that quad-core isn't just a paper launch, Evesham has built a cutting-edge performance system around it.

    Maxdata Favorit 3000 review

    Maxdata Favorit 3000 review

    7 Last reviewed

    The annals of time are packed with occasions of questionable judgement. On a far, far smaller scale in terms of international gravitas, there were also some questionable decisions made when this Maxdata midrange PC was constructed

    Apple Mac Pro review

    Apple Mac Pro review

    9 Last reviewed

    We've come a long way since Henry Ford. It's a sign of our choice driven times that Apple is no longer even offering a standard configuration for the Mac Pro, the machine that replaces the long-standing Power Mac brand.

    Zoostorm 5-7503 Advanced PC review

    Zoostorm 5-7503 Advanced PC review

    9 Last reviewed

    When you're choosing a video- and photo-editing PC, a large case probably isn't high on your list of priorities. Yet the Zoostorm's bulk does have its advantages, such as five drive bays which makes it easy to add more hard drives

    Watford Aries PowerXS 6444 review

    Watford Aries PowerXS 6444 review

    8 Last reviewed

    The Aries PowerXS is one of those PCs that makes an immediate impression, thanks to its stylish, brushed aluminium case. The heavy metal door at the front gives a feeling of quality, although it does have one or two practical issues

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