For the last few years Creative has played catchup to the likes of iRiver, Rio and Apple.

A stylish, silent well-featured Media Center PC at a decent price.

With new, supercharged battery life, the new iPods offer superb design and performance. But compatibility caveats remain.

A carry case with a built-in speaker? Now that's thinking.

A media hub that packs a webcam, USB ports 3.5mm audio ports, and does it all badly.

We put out the call to Australia’s white box PC manufacturers for a good high-end $4000 PC and PC Express was the first to respond.

Thou shall not cast the name 'Zeus' around with careless abandon, unlesseth one can backeth up claims of PC godliness.

A Media Center PC and 32in LCD TV all-in-one.

A miniature speaker dock for your music playing Sony Ericsson mobile, that can be connected to other sources too.

Total Home Theatre PC is a company you’d expect to know about these things and you can tell it’s put a great deal of thought in to this system.

We’ve seen several manufacturers make use of FIC’s Spectra case before, but few have made such a good job of it as Pioneer.

Dual-core and FireWire may be missing, but Pacstar’s system offer’s more than we expected from a value PC.

We detest IT’s spider-web-wire-syndrome and speakers are the worst offenders with their several kilometres of wiring.

A fantastic Media Center PC at an extraordinary price.

Very fast, but the top-end components offer poor value in the face of competition.

We’ve had some great competitors knocking on the mid-range A-Listed door, but TI’s all-rounder wins through.

Some will prefer it to TI’s system, but a few quirks see it finishing in second place.

A very fast computer with decent features at a great price, whether for gaming or an all-round powerhouse

AM2 power at this price is a boon. But 3D performance is average and it’s very noisy.

Look what four grand can buy you.