Image Courtesy Dell Dell's Inspiron desktop platform has been around for several years now. Previously, Dell used the Inspiron 531 based on the AMD processors for their budget lineup. They have ... Read More

Image Courtesy HP HP's Compaq budget desktop computer lineup has run into problems over the past few years. Primarily this came from a number of missing features that were common among ... Read More

Image Courtesy Acer Even though most computer applications are still written with a single processor in mind, dual core systems became a hit because they allowed better multitasking. This has made ... Read More

While notebook PCs are more popular, the venerable desktop PC has much more flexibility when it comes to technology upgrades. A system that is just two years old can often ... Read More

Averatec has been selling a variety of low cost computers in the US market for some time. What many people may not realize is that this is the consumer computer ... Read More

It has been a few years since you purchased your laptop computer and it just doesn't seem to be as fast as it could be. Technology has certainly improved the ... Read More

Through the years, personal computers have gotten more and more powerful. The drawback to these faster processors, hard drives and video is an increased amount of electricity required to run ... Read More

Image Courtesy Toshiba With hard drive storage technology improving every year, the size of drives that are installed in notebook computers keep getting more and more space. This has finally started ... Read More

Image Courtesy Systemax Systemax is generally a name that is associated with computer systems that carry a strong value for the dollar. This is especially true with some of their mid ... Read More

Image Courtesy Sony Sony has typically been associated with very high end notebook computer systems. This changed with the introduction of the VAIO NR series of laptops. It was the first ... Read More

Image Courtesy Lenovo Lenovo's ThinkPad R61 was very successful for a low cost business notebook. It even did very well as a consumer system. That hasn't stopped Lenovo from releasing the ... Read More

Image Courtesy HP The HP Pavilion dv6707us doesn't look all that different from the previous dv6000 series notebooks the company has released. That is because the core system retains much of ... Read More

Image Courtesy Gateway Gateway has made some significant changes of late in how it handles low cost computers. Previously, it offered a variety of notebook PCs through its online build-to-order services ... Read More

Image Courtesy HP The Compaq name used to be one of the biggest in the PC marketplace. Now that name resides in just two places, business PCs and low cost consumer ... Read More

Image Courtesy Acer For the month of April, the PC Hardware / Reviews site focuses in on budget computing. To kick of this month, I have my first review of a ... Read More