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A decent specification, but terrible speakers and an average screen undermine its appeal

Despite this, the GeForce 9400M GPU inside scored just 23fps in our low-quality Crysis test, which limits gaming options

A decent touchscreen PC, but it's a little too expensive for what it offers

But even here the TouchSmart falls behind. The Acer and Packard Bell systems offer similar specifications, aside from the Blu-ray drive, and cost considerably less, and the HP's only rival when it comes to price - the Sony - offers a dual DVB-T tuner ...

A somewhat middling performer, suited to power users but lacking the oomph to make it something special

While this is a solid enough feature set, it hardly fits Dell's description as ‘the coolest gaming desktop around the block' . We can only assume that Dell is using the literal version of ‘coolest' as there isn't much capable of generating heat inside ...

Accomplished and, thanks to a good range of features, the Asus' Eee Top ET2002T is a decent Atom-based PC

Quality is good elsewhere too, with decent colour reproduction and sharp detail. The native resolution of 1600 x 900 offers a reasonable amount of desktop space. As with the competing MSI Wind Top, multitouch is supported

A nicely designed, compact chassis is the main draw, but the price is too high for what you get

What you do get is a neat and tidy interior, with a 500GB desktop 3.5in hard disk pressed beneath a spring-loaded DVD writer. Dell offers an upgrade to a Blu-ray reader for $191, and other customisations can be easily specified when ordering online

It's impressive to see a dual-core Atom, DVD writer and Nvidia Ion in such a tiny PC, but the price is a touch too high

Wireless networking in the form of 802.11n comes as standard too. One major issue, however, is that the Atheros chipset proved incompatible with the WPA2 encryption on our Labs network, an annoyance that forced us to drop back to WPA encryption

Lenovo's ingenious engineering is partnered with decent components for the price

Stunning one-piece design and a magnificent 27in screen, but the usual Apple foibles are there to drag it down

Given its bulk you'd expect a fair amount of power as well. The base 27in option at $2199 comprises a 3.06GHz Intel Core 2 Duo E7600, 4GB of DDR3 RAM and a 7200rpm 1TB hard disk. After crowbarring Windows 7 onto it we ran our benchmarks, and the score ...

Asus' latest all-in-one combines a 21.6in HD touchscreen with Blu-ray and some serious entertainment credentials

The glare of the ET1602's shiny white case is supplanted by an altogether more demure look: glossy black surrounds the screen and is complemented by a silver trim. If you're envisaging giving the Asus pride of place in your home, it could easily make ...

MSI's Wind Top AE1900 takes on the touchscreen nettop competition, but singularly fails to excite.

The Wind Top AE1900 is one of the few PCs that can be stowed away in the corner of a cramped kitchen, or in a cluttered study, without swallowing acres of space in the process