Alienware is a well-known company, mostly for their creation of high-end gaming-focused laptop and desktop computers. Unfortunately, many of their products are extremely highly priced because of their amazing hardware and performance, but they do have some products that you can pick up for under $1000, and the Alienware AX51 is a great example of one.
If you’ve never pictured yourself turning your back on your PC and taking a look at a Mac, think again. Because Apple’s iMac MC309LL/A is loaded with features that leave that PC you’ve been looking at sitting all alone, in the dust, at the curb.
But wait a minute. This iMac only has 4 GB RAM and the competition has 6 or 8. How can the Apple even compare? Instead of opting for the less expensive, older technology that everyone else is using, Apple decided to engineer the MC309LL/A around the ultra-high speed Thunderbolt I/O technology which has transfer speeds, in both directions, up to 10 gigabits per second.
I’ve been interested in purchasing a touch screen desktop for quite a while now. I figure if my smartphone can do it then my computer should be able to as well. The one I’ve chosen to review is the HP TouchSmart 300-1360.
Let’s take a look under the hood as they say. The HP Touchsmart 300-360 is powered by a 2.8GHz AMD Athlon II 240e dual core processor. It comes with 4GB of RAM and is expandable to 8GB. For storage there is more than enough, 1TB which is about 1,000 GB worth of memory. As expected the operating system is Windows 7, the home premium 64bit version.
The Compaq Presario CQ5320F Desktop PC will meet most people’s computing needs. It is a great all around budget desktop computer.
The CQ5320F runs a 2.8GHz AMD Athlon II X2 240 Dual-Core processor that delivers good overall performance. It comes with 3GB of DDR3 memory (expandable to 4GB). This Compaq’s storage capacity of 500GB is a large amount for a system at this price.
Apple’s iMac remains a competitive choice for all in one desktop computers users. This is partly due to its stable operating system, the Mac OS X v10.6 Snow Leopard, and the handy iLife ’09 software included.
The iMac is a 21.5 inch LED-backlit screen at a widescreen 16:9 aspect ratio and 1920×1080 HD resolution. Inside you will find a 3.06GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor, 4GB of memory (supports up to 16GB), and a 500GB hard drive.
The Compaq CQ2009F Desktop PC comes in the form of a mini-tower. That is where it gets its alias the “mini-Q.” The aim of the PC is to be a small size, small power usage, and small cost alternative.
This type of computer has been termed a Nettop, which is a mini desktop that can do basic computing tasks and is primarily used for browsing the Internet to access online applications. It can be a green choice as a second computer for a home. As Nettops are cheap and power-saving, they can also be an asset for business users.
The Compaq CQ2009f computer is installed with Windows XP Home Edition, 1.60GHz Intel Atom Processor 230 with 512KB L2 Cache, 1GB PC2-4200 DDR2 SDRAM Memory, 160GB 7200RPM SATA Hard Drive, Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950 with 64MB Dedicated Graphics Memory, SuperMulti DVD Burner,and 10/100 Base-T Network Interface.
