Desktop Computers

#1 Apple Mac mini MB138LL A (1.83 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 1 GB RAM, 80 GB Hard Drive, Combo Drive)

Great for home computing and a digital home hub, The Mac mini PC combines simplicity with powerful computing. compact at 6.5 inches square and 2 inches high, the Mac mini offers an affordable route to dual-core processing via the 1.83 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo and Apple's latest digital applications- including-iLife '08. It comes ready with the Apple Remote and Front Row media display software, which lets you control how you play music, photo slideshows, and watch DVDs, music videos and television shows from across your room.

In its 2-inch-tall, 6.5-inch-square aluminum enclosure, the Mac mini houses the powerful Intel Core 2 Duo processor. The Mac mini also has 1 GB of RAM (with a 2 GB maximum capacity), an 80 GB hard drive, a combo DVD-RAM/CD-RW drive for watching DVD movie discs and burning your own mixes to CD, Gigabit LAN and 54mb/s wireless LAN, and the Mac OS X v10.5 Leopard operating system.

#2 Apple iMac MB325LL-A 24-inch Desktop PC (2.8 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 2 GB
RAM, 320 GB Hard Drive, DVD-CD SuperDrive)

Faster than ever before with an Intel dual-core processor, the Apple iMac PC has a professional aluminum case that's joined exactly to a 24-inch glass cover to create a totally seamless surface. It's driven by a 2.8 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor, which has an amazingly fast 1066 MHz front side bus speed and a massive sized 6 MB L2
cache. Part of Intel's powerful Penryn series. The processor drives forward speed and efficiency while reducing power consumption. The dual-core processor also runs an multithreaded architecture for improved multitasking, video,and fantastic gaming performance.

The iMac also has an wafer thin aluminum Apple Keyboard--with an extended layout and dedicated keys for Mac features. As well as the wired Mighty Mouse. It's pre-loaded with Apple's Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard operating system, which enables easy backup of your most important data via Time Machine, a redesigned desktop that helps eliminate clutter. It also comes with the iLife '08 suite of applications--including iPhoto, iMovie, Garageband, and iTunes.

Hardware features include a 320 GB hard disk drive, 2 GB of RAM 8x SuperDrive for burning movies to DVD and music to CD, integrated 802.11n wireless LAN, Gigabit Ethernet wired networking, Bluetooth 2.1+EDR connectivity, and ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO video card with 256 MB dedicated memory.

#3 HP IQ506 TouchSmart Desktop PC (2.16 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo Processor T5850, 4GB RAM, 500GB Hard Drive, DVD Drive, Vista Premium)

The next-generation, touch-enabled PC combines a 22-inch high-def screen with a powerful, energy efficient Intel Core 2 Duo processor in a single, sleek integrated design. The built-in TV tuner (providing both standard NTSC and high-def ATSC transmission) and personal video recorder (PVR) let you watch, pause, rewind, and record live television--perfect for watching cooking shows in the kitchen or keeping up with your favorite series. Use the included remote control or touch screen to quickly and easily access music, movies, photos, TV shows, or radio programs. The TouchSmart IQ506 comes with a bevy of special software features to make your computing life a breeze, including TouchSmart Video and Photo for quickly sharing your snapshots and videos to the web, And it comes with a wireless keyboard and wireless optical mouse.