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Desktops

Reviews and advice on the latest Windows and Mac desktop PCs.

Editors' top
Maingear Ephex
- Editors' rating: 4.0 stars
  - Overall score: 8.9 (4.0 stars)
Users' top
HP Pavilion p6130y
- User rating: 5.0 stars
Budget desktops
Gateway SX2800-01
- Editors' rating: 3.5 stars
  - Overall score: 7.9 (3.5 stars)
$489.99
Best mainstream
Velocity Micro Edge Z30
- Editors' rating: 4.0 stars
  - Overall score: 8.9 (4.0 stars)
$1,099.00

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Apple iMac (27-inch, 3.06Hz Intel Core 2 Duo, ATI Radeon HD 4670, Fall 2009)

Apple's new 27-inch iMac will charm plenty of you with its screen size alone. Fortunately, that won't lead you astray. Behind its expansive display, Apple has packed one of the fastest all-in-ones available, and added a few useful extras to sweeten the deal. This iMac isn't perfect, but its positives far outweigh its negatives. We can think of few users to whom we wouldn't recommend this system.

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"Alienware $2,604 or build my own PC?"
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"Poll: When it comes to a new PC, do you build or buy?"
Posted by Lee Koo in the Desktops forum

Google has its own plan for Netbooks

No, the search giant isn't saying it will build a Netbook. But it sure knows what it would like one running Chrome OS to resemble, and that's a little different from the Netbook of today.
• Screenshot tour of Chrome OS

Broadband economics: How I'll save $700

Competition is the key to getting great deals. In testing that theory, CNET's Maggie Reardon finds she can save nearly $700 next year by switching providers.