NComputing L230 review

Review NComputing's L230 thin client is an option if you need to add a group of low-impact users to an existing Ethernet LAN. However, you'll need to ensure that the host PC is adequately specified to deliver acceptable performance to the terminals attached to it.

Aleutia E1 review

Review The Aleutia E1 is a creditable effort at creating a compact, low-power desktop computer. However, the current hardware platform seems a little underpowered for anything other than the most basic tasks.

Inveneo Computing Station review

Review The Inveneo Computing Station delivers reasonably good performance for a low-power PC. It's small, but an untidy assembly means it could be more convenient to handle.

NComputing X300 review

Review NComputing's X300 provides a cost-effective way to hang up to six terminals off a single desktop PC using low-power, secure, easy to administer and quiet access terminals. It's not for power users, but is well suited to schools, business workgroups, libraries, internet cafés and suchlike.

NEC PowerMate VL370 review

Review NEC's PowerMate VL370 is a solid and reasonably priced business PC, although plenty of other vendors offer similar products at similar prices.

Photos: Apple's new Mac Pro & Xserve

Photos Apple has unveiled its fastest Mac ever, and doubled the power of its Xserve server.

Lenovo ThinkCentre A61e review

Review Businesses interested in cutting the power bills generated by their desktop PCs will be interested in Lenovo's ThinkCentre A61e. However, home office workers should avoid this system as it is short on performance and features compared to other small desktops.

Shuttle SD39P2 review

Review A barebone PC isn’t for everyone, but Shuttle has made the SD39P2 almost foolproof by supporting good components, although the lack of support for AMD processors will disappoint some.

Blade PCs: the ultimate managed desktops

Tech Guide If you want total control over users' desktops, putting their PCs on blades in the datacentre is one increasingly popular solution.

Alienware MJ-12 8550i review

Review Available in single- and dual-processor configurations and featuring up to eight total processing cores, the Xeon-based MJ-12 8550i should deliver plenty of performance. But although it’s a solid system with immaculate build quality, similar-specified workstations can be had for less money.

Benchmarks: the unofficial eight-core Apple Mac Pro

Tech Guide Unless you normally work on high-end workstations, perform massively multitasking workloads or just want the bragging rights, eight cores is definitely overkill -- at least for now.

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Apple Mac Pro review

Review Apple's Mac Pro has design innovations that we hope will cross over to other systems. Its performance is as strong as you'd expect for a system in its class, and it's priced right, too. You might need more flexibility in your configuration options, especially for 3D design. But otherwise, the Mac Pro is as solid a professional-class PC as we've seen.

HP Compaq t5720 Thin Client review

Review The AMD-based t5720 is a welcome addition to HP Compaq's family of thin clients, but documentation needs to be improved.

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Lenovo 3000 J100 and J105: a first look

Preview Lenovo's 3000-series desktops are the first PCs it can truly call its own. These small-business systems offer an affordable, flexible set of configurations with an attractive design and added business features.

ClearCube PC Blade solutions review

Review For maximum security and performance ClearCube's C/Port technology matches what you’ll get from a similar desktop PC. For maximum flexibility, however, the thin-client I/Port solution is a better option, especially when teamed with virtualisation software to host multiple users per PC blade.

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