Reviewed on July 27, 2010Apple has elected to keep its iMac firmly grounded as a productivity device. You'll find few home entertainment conveniences in Apple's new iMac, and you can find larger screens in other all-in-ones for less. Few will offer performance like this iMac, though, and none looks as pretty, which makes it easy to recommend for general-purpose computing and for the design conscious.TAGS:Apple iMac, Apple Computer, graphics chip, HyperThreading, SD card, CPU, Intel Core 2 Duo, component, Apple Macintosh, games, Intel, Microsoft Windows, PC
Reviewed on July 13, 2006Intel's Core 2 Duo line marks the end of AMD's run of dominance through the dual-core desktop-processor landscape. Not only are Intel's new chips fast, efficient, and well designed, but they're also aggressively priced and sure to send ripples though the desktop PC industry. If you are buying or building a new computer, we recommend that a Core 2 Duo chip be at its center.TAGS:Intel Core 2 Duo, AMD Athlon 64, Intel, AMD Athlon 64 X2, AMD Athlon, AMD, dual-core
Reviewed on March 25, 2010Dell's high-concept Adamo XPS deserves credit for taking some serious design risks. It's a cool conversation piece, but poor battery life keeps it from being terribly useful.TAGS:Intel Core 2 Duo, keyboard, leader, laptop computer, Dell, Intel, hard drive
Reviewed on July 13, 2006Intel's Core 2 Duo line marks the end of AMD's run of dominance through the dual-core desktop-processor landscape. Not only are Intel's new chips fast, efficient, and well designed, but they're also aggressively priced and sure to send ripples though the desktop PC industry. If you are buying or building a new computer, we recommend that a Core 2 Duo chip be at its center.TAGS:Intel Core 2 Duo, AMD Athlon 64, Intel, AMD Athlon 64 X2, AMD, AMD Athlon, dual-core
Reviewed on July 13, 2006Intel's Core 2 Duo line marks the end of AMD's run of dominance through the dual-core desktop-processor landscape. Not only are Intel's new chips fast, efficient, and well designed, but they're also aggressively priced and sure to send ripples though the desktop PC industry. If you are buying or building a new computer, we recommend that a Core 2 Duo chip be at its center.TAGS:Intel Core 2 Duo, AMD Athlon 64, Intel, AMD Athlon 64 X2, AMD Athlon, AMD, dual-core