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Apple Mac mini (Core 2 Duo Processor 2.0GHz; 120GB HDD)

Review Apple breathed fresh air into its line of Mac Mini, whose specs haven't changed since an update in August 2007. With this S$988 model, Apple adds significantly improved Nvidia graphics, a new 2.0GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor, and a larger hard drive. Those changes are welcome, and we're also...

Apple iMac (Intel Core 2 Duo 3.06GHz; 27-inch LCD; ATI graphics)

Review If we could, we'd take points away from this iMac simply because by giving it a 27-inch display, Apple threatens our livelihood. You don't need our input to simply walk past the 27-inch iMac on a store shelf and recognize that it's the largest all-in-one currently available, and that it has a...

HP Envy 13 (Core 2 Duo SU9600 Processor 1.6GHz, 2GB RAM)

Review Even a cursory glance will tell you the HP Envy 13 is a very nicely made premium 13-inch laptop. It's a solid slab of aluminum and magnesium, etched with interesting visual details, and filled with capable components, such as a dual-core low-voltage Intel CPU and discrete ATI graphics. It's...

Sony Vaio VGN-Z46GD (Core 2 Duo P9700 Processor 2.8GHz, 6GB RAM)

Review Its predecessor, the Vaio SZ series, was one of the first to sport both integrated and discrete graphics chipsets. However, at that time switching between the two required the laptop to be restarted. But when the Centrino 2 platform with its hybrid graphics capabilities came about, the new Vaio...

Samsung NC20 (Via U2250 processor 1.3GHz, 1GB RAM)

Review Samsung's NC20 stands out from the crowd in two very important ways. First, it's one of only a handful of 12-inch Netbooks (the best-known example being Dell's Vista-addled Mini 12). Secondly, it's the first laptop we've tested with Via's Nano CPU, intended as an alternative to Intel's popular...

Acer Aspire Timeline 3810TG (Core 2 Duo SU9400 Processor 1.4GHz, 4GB RAM)

Review When the first Acer Aspire Timeline series as released in mid-2009, it changed the landscape of portable computing. Sporting the new line of Intel consumer ultra-low-voltage (CULV) processor, the lower cost and thermal signature allowed Acer to produce an impressively slim thin-and-light which ...

Sony Vaio PCG-K76P (Pentium 4 3.06GHz, 512MB RAM)

Review The bulky new Sony Vaio K-series laptop will hardly turn heads, but this 3.5kg mainstream notebook packs in plenty of useful features, such as a large 15-inch display, an integrated DVD+RW/-RW drive, and 802.11b/g Wi-Fi. It also comes preloaded with some of Sony's cool multimedia applications for...

Dell Studio Hybrid (Core 2 Duo T8100 Processor 2.1GHz, 2GB RAM)

Review It's hard for us to recommend the Dell Studio Hybrid desktop for any practical purpose. As a desktop for productivity, you can get more bang-for-your-buck from a typical budget-priced midtower PC. And if your goal is either space-saving or using this system as a media PC, we'd instead point you to...