Reviewed on June 19, 2006Apple recently updated the Mac Mini with Intel Core Solo and Core Duo chips. Apple no longer sells models with the older PowerPC G4 processors, but you can still find such units available at various online resellers. Since the Intel-based models aren't any more expensive and they promise better performance and include more features, such as Front Row and a remote control, there's no reason to choose a G4-based Mac Mini unless you find a great deal as resellers clear out their old inventory. For our most recent coverage, read our review of the Mac Mini Core Duo.TAGS:Apple Intel Mac Mini, reseller, IBM PowerPC G4, Intel Core Solo, IBM PowerPC, Intel Core Duo, Apple Computer, Apple Macintosh, Intel
Reviewed on June 11, 2009We cringe at the idea of recommending such a slow PC when you can get significantly better performance for just a few more dollars. That said, it's hard to argue with the eMachines EL1300G-01w's low price, clean good looks, and relatively complete budget feature set. As long as you have no ambitions for this PC performing anything resembling serious work, it will make a fine second or third home system.TAGS:eMachines Inc., HP Pavilion SlimLine, Apple Intel Mac Mini, Dell Inspiron, AMD Athlon, 32-bit, Nvidia GeForce, AMD, Dell, NVidia, Apple Macintosh, HP, PC
Reviewed on June 16, 2006Apple's Mac Mini Core Duo has effectively killed the small-form-factor, do-it-yourself market, which makes it hard to argue for the Antec Minuet 300, despite its cool features and slick design. If you can find a specific reason to help you justify building a SFF PC yourself, however, the Minuet 300 will serve you well.TAGS:Antec, Apple Intel Mac Mini, Apple Computer, Apple Macintosh, PC, hard drive
Reviewed on August 1, 2008Despite a few useful features, the Asus Eee Box is a novelty at best. It can't come close to the same performance and robustness of even the most basic standard budget PC, and a low-end laptop can do everything it can do and more. The appeal of Asus' Eee PC does not carry over to the Eee Box.TAGS:ASUS, Dell Studio, Apple Intel Mac Mini, optical drive, configuration, Intel, laptop computer, PC, Apple Macintosh, video, Dell
Reviewed on April 3, 2009In a normal economy, we'd expect that Falcon Northwest's new Core i7 FragBox 2 would wow us with fast performance in a compact case. Instead, the price of this system as configured has been severely undercut by a competitor. An improved warranty takes the edge off somewhat, but the new market reality makes it hard to recommend this PC.TAGS:Maingear, Intel Core Microarchitecture, media card reader, Apple Intel Mac Mini, CPU, AMD, Apple Macintosh, hard drive