Spring preview: Computers and components
The desktops, laptops, monitors, and components we're looking forward to seeing this spring.
Apple iMac (20-inch, 2.66GHz)
Price: $1,199
Availability: Now
The outlook:The 20-inch iMac is our favorite of Apple's new round of desktops, mostly due to its outstanding performance.
Dell Adamo
Price: Starts at $1,999
Availability: Shipping by late April
The outlook: Dell's attempt at an upscale luxury brand could appeal to design-conscious consumers who, for one reason or another, won't switch to a MacBook.
D-Link DIR-685
Price: Around $300
Availability: Q2 2009
The outlook: It's a NAS drive, it's a Wi-Fi router, it's a digital photo frame...
Dell Mini 10
Price: Starts at $399
Availability: Mid-April
The outlook: A long-overdue 10-inch version of Dell's popular 9-inch Netbook.
D-Link DNS-726-4 NVR Pro
Price: $699.99
Availability: Q2 2009
The outlook: D-Link DNS-726-4 NVR Pro is a surveillance-oriented NAS with multichannel digital video camera support and sophisticated management software.
Dell Studio One 19
Price: $699
Availability: Now in Japan, soon in the U.S.
The outlook:Dell's budget-priced touch-screen all-in-one may emerge as the leader in the new low-cost segment of this category.
HP Pavilion dv2
Price: TBD--likely under $700
Availability: spring 2009
The outlook: A step up (both in power and price) from standard Netbooks, with AMD's new Athlon Neo CPU.
Samsung P2370L
Price: $399
Availability: "Soon"
The outlook: Samsung's first LED backlit monitor.
Samsung NC20
Price: Around $600
Availability: Some limited international availability, wider U.S. release spring 2009
The outlook: The first Netbook to use VIA's Nano--a competitor to the Intel Atom CPU.
Samsung SyncMaster 2233RZ
Price: $399.99
Availability: Now, but hard to find
The outlook: Samsung offers this 120Hz LCD with Nvidia's 3DVision kit, which creates amazing stereoscopic 3D effects in PC games and movies.