Reviewed on July 14, 2010The Asus K501J-BBZ5 is a well-built, good-looking budget laptop with enough power for most home users; however, many would-be buyers will bemoan its lack of an HDMI port.TAGS:ASUS, keyboard, Dell Inspiron, retailer, Dell, laptop computer, HP, speakers, video
Reviewed on July 26, 2010Its newly designed tower, HDMI port, and generous hard-drive capacity aren't enough to make the Asus Essentio CM5671-05 stand out next to the HP Pavilion p6510y, a similarly priced system with a faster quad-core processor and built-in Wi-Fi. The Asus system is no slouch, and we recommend it to shoppers who are concerned with storage capacity rather than speed, but even amateur media editors will benefit from the HP p6510y's extra speed.TAGS:chassis, ASUS, HP Pavilion SlimLine, HP Pavilion, graphics chip, Gateway Inc., Ethernet LAN, optical drive, 64-bit, HP, LAN, Ethernet, AMD
Reviewed on July 19, 2010We have few reservations about this Gateway DX4840-03e. Even if it's not a particularly remarkable system, it's hard to argue that it falls short as a general purpose budget midtower. If that's all you're looking for, we can recommend this PC with little hesitation.TAGS:Gateway Inc., ASUS, graphics chip, USB port, networking, multimedia, 64-bit, HP