Reviewed on September 5, 2007HP's Blackbird 002 earns the highest rating this editor has ever given a desktop PC. Its design rivals the Apple Mac Pro, it takes risks that benefit your upgrade path, it's fast, and it's competitively priced. If you can afford it, and you want a high-end gaming PC, buy this one. End of story.TAGS:Voodoo, latch, media card reader, video card, HP, DNA, power supply, gamer, hard drive
Reviewed on June 27, 2008The HP Media Vault MV2120 is a two-bay NAS drive that novice networkers will find simple to set up and use. While it offers flexible expansion options with a free internal drive bay and two USB ports, the intrusive Media Vault software and lack of a print server dampen our enthusiasm a bit.TAGS:NAS, external hard drive, hard drive, HP, USB port, backup, operating system, server
Reviewed on June 26, 2007The last of the major desktop vendors to update this year's desktops, Dell used that time to good advantage. On some tests, the Inspiron 531 is even faster than systems that cost $500 more. Keep your gaming and digital media ambitions modest, and this PC should deliver nearly everything you'd want in a mainstream system.TAGS:Dell Inspiron, Bluetooth, Gateway Inc., optical drive, HP, hard drive, PC, games
Reviewed on October 13, 2006HP's Media Vault is a storage drive that offers an easy way to back up files from your networked PCs, along with the ability to stream your digital media files to other networked devices in your home. We really like this drive.TAGS:firewall, bay, NAS, capacity, Serial ATA, HP, router, Ethernet, port, USB 2.0, USB port, printer, backup, utility, USB, movie
Reviewed on July 11, 2008The Vox BlackBox is a 1TB NAS drive that serves up a lot of storage but not many features for a good price. Though you may be tempted by its low cost per gigabyte, be warned it's noisy and plagued by brutally bad software.TAGS:NAS, network device, external hard drive, HP, hard drive