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HP touts its TouchSmart 9100 all-in-one touchscreen PC as being suitable for business users, rather than the home market. What we can glean from this is that the HP TouchSmart 9100 Business PC (WM112PA) can be used to give much more interactive and ...

Despite running relatively old CPU technology, there's no doubt that the HP TouchSmart 9100 is fun to use - especially when listening to music and watching videos - but we can't see it being useful for an office just yet, unless you plan on using ...

Lenovo's ThinkCentre M90z is a 23in, all-in-one multi-touch touchscreen PC that's aimed at enterprise business users (unlike HP's TouchSmart PCs which are designed for home users). It doesn't look fancy, nor does it have a customised touchscreen ...

Excellent touchscreen responsiveness, tool-less case, DisplayPort, good CPU speed

Multi-touch gestures were a little too sensitive, only 2GB RAM, no option for fast 3D graphics, relatively small capacity hard drive, DVD burner and SD card slot can be inconvenient to access

The overall configuration of the ThinkCentre M90z may not be spectacular, but its screen definitely is and we're fans. It may not be something we could use for work purposes just yet, but we could get used to rotating and zooming photos with our fingers

The latest version of Apple's tiny PC -- the aptly named Mac Mini -- adds a much-requested HDMI connection, an aluminium, unibody enclosure and a removable panel that lets you upgrade its memory. The Mac Mini is a great option for a living room ...

Unibody, aluminium design; HDMI port; SD card slot; whisper-quiet operation; reasonable performance; removable panel to upgrade RAM

Power button and SD card slot on the rear; no Blu-ray drive; reasonably expensive

The Mac Mini comes with MacOS X 10.5.6 preinstalled, along with Apple’s creative suite, iLife 09. iWork 09, however, isn’t included, leaving the Mac Mini devoid of any competent productivity applications

The Dell Studio XPS 8100 is a mid-range, all-purpose PC aimed at home users. It has a Core i5-650 processor, 4GB of DDR3 RAM, 1TB of hard drive space and an NVIDIA GTS 240 graphics card as standard. Dell's site allows you to customise the system's ...

Reasonable price tag, impressive performance for general usage, 64-bit Windows 7 as standard

Choosing more powerful components quickly drives up the price, no monitor included in base bundle

As a mid-range, all-purpose desktop computer, the Dell Studio XPS 8100 provides more than acceptable performance figures. It’s not especially expensive in its standard configuration, although if you want to add in more powerful components the price ...

Sony Ericsson's T715 mobile phone is an inexpensive, entry-level slider handset that gets the job done without much fanfare. Built-in Facebook and Twitter applications may interest social-networking buffs, but questionable build quality and a ...

Built-in Facebook and Twitter apps, good keypad, screen has good viewing angles, easy to use

Questionable build quality, no 3.5mm headphone jack

The Sony Ericsson T715 includes just 90MB of internal memory, but a microSD card slot handles extra storage. The phone can accept microSD cards up to 32GB in size

The Dell Precision T1500 is an Intel Core i7-based workstation aimed at professionals who use computer-aided design programs. You can get the T1500 in all sorts of configurations, ranging from an Intel Core i3-based system to a Core i7 one. Our review ...

Plenty of power in a small chassis, wide range of customisation options when purchasing, four USB 2.0 ports on front

Not cheap

We compared the results of the Dell Precision T1500 to some high-end consumer systems to see how it performed. Our test system had Windows Vista Business installed, but Dell does also offer Windows 7 with a downgrade to Windows XP

The Medion AKOYA P4020 D is an all-in-one PC with a 21.5in Full HD 1080p touchscreen display. It will be sold in Aldi supermarkets from 10 June. Like the Dell Inspiron One 19 and HP TouchSmart 300-1060a, the AKOYA P4020 D has built-in wireless ...

Compact, good specifications for general computing usage like Web browsing and video playback, good price

Glossy screen picks up a lot of reflections, internal speakers lack clarity and bass at higher volumes, one USB 2.0 port is taken up by the keyboard/mouse receiver, only 32-bit Windows installed by default

The Medion AKOYA P4020 D all-in-one PC is a complete package, with plenty of technology inside an impressively compact form factor. As well as handling general computing tasks with ease, you can watch TV and high-definition movies. For $999 the Medion ...

The Dell Vostro 320 is an all-in-one PC aimed at the business market. Our test PC had a dual-core Pentium Core 2 Duo E7400 processor running at 2.8GHz, 2GB of DDR2 memory, a 160GB hard drive and integrated Intel G41 graphics running its 19in 1440x900 ...

Low price, innovative all-in-one design may appeal to businesses looking to steamline their office environment

USB keyboard/mouse receiver occupies a USB port, comparatively low screen resolution, 3D graphics performance poor

The Dell Vostro 320 all-in-one PC has enough power to run business applications such as word processors, Web browsers or other productivity software. The dual-core processor means users can multitask without incurring a performance hit. If your ...

HP's Compaq 8100 Elite is a small form factor (SFF) PC aimed at business users who need to do more than just word processing and e-mail. There are plenty of connections and it has a well-designed interior that makes it an easy desktop PC to maintain ...

Comprehensive connectivity, good performance for CPU-intensive tasks, hard drive and memory are easily accessible

Poor integrated graphics, no Wi-Fi/Bluetooth

Our review unit already had the Windows XP downgrade applied so we couldn't test its performance in Futuremark's 3DMark Vantage benchmark suit, which requires Windows Vista or Windows 7. Nevertheless, in all other benchmarks, the Compaq 8100 Elite ...

Dell's Inspiron Zino HD is an attractive, Windows-based nettop that's an alternative to other small form factor PCs like Apple's Mac Mini. It offers plenty of connections and has good performance for basic computing, but slow high-definition video ...

Inexpensive, eSATA, hard drive is upgradeable

Can't play Full HD content smoothly, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth not standard, no remote control

Like many netbooks, the Dell Inspiron Zino HD nettop is good as a low-cost solution for basic computing tasks like browsing the Web, checking e-mails and doing homework. It will chug when asked to do anything else, and certainly isn't the "HD" machine ...