A poor performer in the face of HP’s similarly-priced, touch screen-enabled rival.

Chunky, powerful and intimidating. Everything you want in a PC, but not what you'd want in a media centre.

Neither cheap nor beautiful, MSI’s Atom powered nettop is sadly second among equals.

MSI’s Wind Top AE1900 takes on the touchscreen nettop competition, but singularly fails to excite.

A broad and likeable package, but needs better malware detection.

The iMac has always been a little more about style than function and the latest iteration is testament to this philosophy. The most noticeable thing about the iMac G5 is the massive 20 inch widescreen. It's a Big Mac. Geddit?

The In Win o3 case is a solid effort worth some merit, but is let down by a few key internal design flaws and a rattle effect loud enough to shake your senses.

When it comes to accessories, the Aspire has one of the best bundles supplied for this roundup: including an MCE remote and a radio/TV antenna! It also has a decent specification list: 3Ghz Pentium 4; 160GB HDD; and 512MB RAM. The only sticking point here, amongst all this multimedia goodness, is the inclusion of the Mobility X300 video card. It's like building a Ferrari and installing a two-stroke motor. It doesn't make much sense.

The In Win B2 Stealth Bomber case goes for Top Gun thrills, but ultimately lacks the grunt to make it off the runway.

Slow speeds and a high price make this an underwhelming offering

The Vista version lacks many of the features of the XP suite, while slowing down the PC noticeably in usage

Without support for differential backups and with a light feature set, Norton Ghost feels cheap, nasty and dated.

Can’t handle gaming, and beaten by cheaper media cards too.

This is a pretty decent little webcam – it's just that, without games to fool around with, it feels like a low-end PC webcam plugged into your Xbox. EyeToy this ain't

Looks and feels good, but performance is more super Aguri than Scuderia.

Moving in the right direction, but it isn’t easy teaching an old dog new tricks.

Mediocre value for the features and performance on offer.

A hint of things to come, but the first HD DVD and Blu-ray combo drive is very expensive.

Cheaper, rather than cheap, but there’s still no compelling reason to buy yet.

A beautifully designed LCD, but at a big premium.