NEC's I-Select ML3 has been designed to be all things to all people; the chassis allows you to use it as a slim-line desktop, or as a thin midi-tower system. NEC uses Intel's 845 chipset in ...

Hewlett Packard was one of the first manufacturers to release a small form factor PC and the e-PC 42 is the first of its size to include an Intel Pentium 4 processor. Its small size (it ...

The Scenic F is Fujitsu Siemens' entry into the all-in-one market and although not as highly advanced as the other all-in-one in this review, the AJP Neo PC-4, it is still a useful tool where space ...

The cleverly designed Arka 1200 is the only non-Intel powered system in this group test. It uses a 1.2GHz AMD Duran backed by 256MB of PC133 SDRAM and the reasonably fast VIA ProSavage KM133 integrated chipset, ...

The Dell GX240 system came with a 2.2GHz 'Northwood' P4 (the latest version of the P4 with 512KB of L2 cache), backed disappointingly by Intel's 845 chipset using PC133 SDRAM and not the 845D and DDR, ...

Powered by a 2GHz 'Northwood' Pentium 4 backed by a huge 512MB of PC800 RDRAM memory, the Neo PC-4 all-in-one is a true desktop PC. It's fast, full of connectivity options and with a large hard ...

After some time spent on the back foot, Intel is once again fighting competitively for the 'fastest desktop processor' crown. Its 2.2GHz Pentium 4 is put to good use in this business machine, surrounded by good ...

Very different to the other Athlon XP machines we've reviewed on this site, the Multivision Dual Athlon MP is, as its name suggests, a twin processor system that's aimed squarely at CAD and video editing installations. ...

Elonex's new XP 1800+ machine is aimed at the business sector. From the LCD monitor and network adapter to the no-frills component list, AMD's new power plant is being put to practical rather than entertainment use. ...

You've probably noticed that AMD recently broke with tradition and started naming its processors after 'real world' performance measurements rather than raw clock speed. The new Athlon processors launched under this scheme are known as Athlon ...

These new processor speed-grades just keep on coming. The 1900+ Athlon XP from AMD was announced just a few weeks ago and already Mesh has a PC wrapped around one, to give pretty amazing performance. When ...

When IBM first launched the Netvista series of compact, all-in-one PCs they were legacy-free and used a combination of PC and notebook technologies. While they certainly saved space, their performance was nothing to write home about. ...

AMD's advance into the business sector continues with this machine from Atlas, which is aimed at companies looking to bulk-buy desktop PCs for their employees. The midi-tower case of this machine has a tool-free cover that ...

For the most part, Novatech has chosen sensible components for this business PC, and that's reflected in the low price of the machine. The company has opted for a midi-tower case, with a traditional design that ...

The most noticeable features of this system are the three digits after the pound sign. £399 plus VAT is a fairly exceptional price for a PC, but it's even more unusual when you look at the ...

Most PCs come with one processor, one hard drive and one CD or DVD drive, but Best Price has decided to double up in all three places in this admittedly pricey PC. As a result, the ...

In computing, just like everything else, the good ideas don't always catch on. It would be a shame if that were to happen here, because the Guardian data protection system which gives Multivision's new PC its ...

This is certainly one of the smallest 'desktop' PCs we've ever seen. It's small enough to put into a jacket pocket and carry around with you, as long as you have a keyboard, mouse and monitor ...

If you're looking for stunning performance from your desktop PC, but at a sensible price, then you have to be considering Athlon systems with DDR (Double Data Rate) memory. Most of these systems are faster than ...

The latest addition to Hewlett Packard's Vectra range is also the fastest. Powered by a 1.7GHz Pentium 4, backed up by 256MB of PC800 Rambus memory, the VL800 is powerful enough to cope with all of ...