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High-End Desktops

ABS Ultimate M6
Direct Price (tested configuration) Installed OS Processor Installed/maximum RAM Overclocked CPU/FSB Hard drive Hard drive rotational speed (rpm) Graphics chipset Graphics bus Overclocked graphics core clock/memory clock Monitor Maximum screen resolution Primary optical drive Secondary optical drive USB 2.0/FireWire ports Built-in 56K modem/Ethernet Parallel/serial/mouse ports Speakers Tool-free chassis/slot covers/drives Software included for music, photos, and videos $3,799 Windows XP Home Edition (with SP2) Athlon 64 FX-55 (2.6 GHz) 1GB / 4GB DDR400 SDRAM No / No Dual 74GB SATA (RAID 0) and one 200GB ATA133 Two 10,000 (74GB) and one 7,200 (200GB) 256MB eVGA GeForce 6800 Ultra AGP 8X No / No 19-inch LCD 1,280 x 1,024 _ DVD+RW DVD-ROM 6/2 No / Yes Yes / Yes / Yes Logitech Z-680 5.1 Yes / No / No Microsoft Works Suite 2004, PC Treasures Elite Suite, WordPerfect Productivity Pack

Apple Power Mac G5

$5,448 Mac OS X 10.3 Panther

Compaq X GX5000Z

$5,583 Windows XP Pro

Dell Dimension 8400

$2,999 (E-Value code 6V411-840RPW) Windows XP Home (with SP2) Pentium (3.6 GHz)

Falcon Northwest Mach V

$7,545 Windows XP Pro Xeon (3.6 GHz)

Gateway 7200XL

$2,299 Windows XP Home Pentium (3.4 GHz)
MPC Millennia 940i Dream Machine
$5,999 Windows XP Pro (with SP1) Pentium (3.6 GHz)

Overdrive PC Torque.FX

$6,199 Windows XP Pro Athlon 64 FX-53 (2.6 GHz) 1GB / 4GB DDR520 SDRAM Yes / Yes Dual 74GB SATA (RAID 0) and one 300GB Two 10,000 (74GB) and one 7,2000 (300GB) 256MB ATI Radeon X800 XT AGP 8X Yes / Yes 19-inch LCD 1,280 x 1,024 _ Dual Layer DVD+RW DVD/CD-RW 6/3 No / Yes Yes / Yes / Yes Klipsch ProMedia GMX 5.1 No / No / Yes CuBassis VST (basic), Musicmatch Deluxe 8.0 (full), Roxio Easy Media Creator 7 (full), WaveLab (basic)

Polywell Poly 939N-FX55

$2,995 Windows XP Pro Athlon 64 FX-55 (2.6 GHz)
Velocity Micro Vision 64LX
$3,879 Windows XP Home (with SP2) Athlon 64 3800+ (2.4 GHz)

VoodooPC Rage F:5 SLI

$7,995 Windows XP Pro Xeon (3.4 GHz) 1GB / 8GB DDR400 SDRAM No / No Dual 36GB SATA (RAID 0) 10,000 Two 256MB nVidia GeForce 6800 Ultra SLI PCI Express x16 Yes / Yes 20-inch LCD 1,600 x 1,200 _ DVD+RW N/A 6/1 No / Yes Yes / Yes / Yes Creative gigaWorks THX 7.1 Yes / Yes / No Cyberlink Power2Go, Cyberlink Power or, Cyberlink PowerDVD 7.1, Cyberlink Power Producer, Cyberlink Media Show (1-year subscription), Nero Express 6.0
Dual PowerPC G5 (2.5 GHz) Athlon 64 FX-53 (2.4 GHz)
1GB / 8GB DDR400 SDRAM 1GB / 2GB DDR400 SDRAM 1GB / 4GB DDRSDRAM 1GB / 4GB DDRSDRAM 1GB / 4GB DDR400 SDRAM 1GB / 4GB DDRSDRAM No / No No / No No / No No / No No / No No / No Dual 300GB SATA (RAID 0) 250GB SATA 250GB SATA and two 400GB 160GB SATA (RAID 0) Dual 74GB SATA (RAID 0) Dual 250GB SATA (RAID 0) SATA (RAID 0) 7,2000 7,2000 7,2000 7,2000 10,000 7,2000 256MB ATI Radeon 9800 XT 256MB nVidia GeForce 6800 Ultra AGP Pro 8X AGP 8X No / No 23-inch Apple Cinema HD Display 1,920 x 1,200 DVD-R/CD-RW SuperDrive N/A 3 / 3* Yes / Yes No / No / No Apple Integrated No / No / No iLife '04 (includes iTunes, iPhoto, iMovie, iDVD, and GarageBand) No / No 23-inch LCD 1,900 x 1,200 Dual Layer DVD+RW DVD/CD-RW 6/2 Yes / Yes Yes / Yes / Yes Klipsch ProMedia Ultra 5.1 Yes / Yes / Yes InterVideo's WinDVD 4, iTunes, Microsoft Windows Movie Maker 2.0, RecordNow 256MB ATI Radeon X800 XT PCI Express x16 No / No 20-inch LCD 1,680 x 1,050 _ Dual Layer DVD+RW CD-RW 8/1 No / Yes Yes / Yes / Yes Klipsch ProMedia Ultra 5.1 Yes / Yes / Yes Dual 256MB nVidia GeForce 6800 Ultra SLI PCI Express x16 Yes / No 20-inch LCD 1,280 x 1,024 _ Dual Layer DVD+RW DVD-ROM 4/1 No / Yes Yes / Yes / Yes Klipsch ProMedia Ultra 5.1 Yes / No / No 256MB ATI Radeon X800 XT 256MB nVidia GeForce 6800 Ultra PCI Express x16 PCI Express x16 No / No 17-inch LCD 1,280 x 1,024 _ Dual Layer DVD+RW DVD-ROM 3/2 Yes / Yes Yes / Yes / Yes Gateway GMAX 5100 5.1 Yes / Yes / Yes Cyberlink PowerDVD 5.0, Napster 2.0, Nero Express 6.0 No / No 30-inch LCD 1,600 x 1,200 _ Dual Layer DVD+RW CD-RW 8/2 No / Yes Yes / Yes / Yes Creative Inspire P7800 7.1 Yes / Yes / Yes Nero Express, WinDVD 5 & Pinnacle Studio 9, Microsoft Office 2003, Nero Express, Pinnacle Studio 9, WinDVD5
1GB / 4GB DDR400 SDRAM 1GB / 4GB DDR400 SDRAM No / No No / Yes Dual 74GB SATA (RAID 0) Dual 74GB (RAID 0) and one 250GB 10,000 Two 10,000 (74GB) and one 7,2000 (250GB) 256MB eVGA GeForce 6800 Ultra AGP 8X No / No 19-inch LCD 1,792 x 1,344 _ Dual Layer DVD+RW DVD/CD-RW 6/2 Yes / Yes Yes / Yes / Yes Yes / No / Yes Far Cry 3D Game, NTI DVD-Maker V6.7 Gold Suite 256MB eVGA GeForce 6800 Ultra AGP 8X Yes / Yes 20-inch LCD 1,600 x 1,200 _ Dual Layer DVD+RW DVD/CD-RW 8/2 No / Yes Yes / Yes / Yes Yes / Yes / No

Creative Inspire T7700 7.1 Creative GigaWorks S750 7.1 Creative MediaSource (full), Microsoft Windows Media Player, Musicmatch Juke 9 (basic), Nero 6 (basic), PowerDVD (basic), Ulead Burn.Now (full), Ulead DVD MovieStudio 3.5 Suite (full), Ulead Photo Explorer 8.5 (full), Ulead PhotoExpress "My Scrapbook" Edition (full), Ulead PhotoImpact 8 (full), Ulead VideoStudio 8 (full) 3 years parts, 5 years labor 3 years 1 year, $year (up to 3 years) 3 years, $195 24/7 24/7
None Dell Media Experience 2, Dell Media Experience Deluxe Verison 2.1, Jasc Paint Shop Pro 8.0 (full), Jasc Photo Album 4.0 (full), Microsoft Windows Media Player 10 (full), MusicMatch 8.2 (basic), Sonic MyDVD 5.3, Sonic RecordNow! 7.1 (basic)
Warranty (parts and labor) On-site service Toll-free technical-support hours (eastern time)
1 year 1 year (Two visits) 24/7 for 1 year
1 year AppleCare Protection Plan, $249 9am-9pm daily
1 year 3 years, $169 per visit 24/7
1 year 1 year Second year, $99 24/7 for 1 year
3 years N/A Noon-9pm daily
1 year 1 year, $110 24/7 for 3 years

3 years 3 years 24/7

1 year N/A 9am-5pm M-F
3 years 1 year 9:30am-8:30pm M-F. Noon-7pm Sat.
RED denotes Editors' Choice. N/A--Not applicable: The product does not have this feature.