Reviewed on October 16, 2008On certain tests, Dell's off-the-shelf Inspiron 530s comes out ahead of its slim-tower competition, but its situational performance edge isn't dramatic enough to overcome its underwhelming features. You can find cheaper systems that might be a tick slower on certain tasks, but on balance they'll let you do more.TAGS:Acer Aspire, Dell Inspiron, Acer Inc., HP Pavilion SlimLine, eMachines Inc., HDMI, 64-bit, graphics chip, Ethernet, Intel, HP, PC, games, video
Reviewed on December 14, 2006The Aspire L310 works as a trim, affordable computer that will also serve light home-theater-PC duties. It doesn't offer as much room for improvement as its competition, but as long as you don't have plans for upgrading or running Windows Vista full bore, this system will serve you well.TAGS:Acer Inc., Acer Aspire, Microsoft Windows Vista, PCI, graphics chip, memory, HP, laptop computer, video, Microsoft Windows