IRAN Technology PC NET

MSI is on a roll with its Wind Top line of all-in-one machines, the AE2220 being the latest and, for the moment at least, the greatest. Its 21.5-inch screen (curiously .1” smaller than when originally announced) supports multitouch, backed by Windows 7 Home Premium to ensure you’ll never have a completely smudge-free image coming from the ION chipset. 4GB of DDR2 memory is included along with either a 2.2GHz T6600 or 2.1GHz T4300 Intel processor, while storage is now provided by a 500GB drive. Dual PCIe expansion slots gives it some hope of being upgradeable in the future, and VESA wall mount compatibility means you won’t even have to clean up your desk. It hasn’t shown up at retailers just yet, but Amazon is still listing a pre-order page at $699, $50 under MSRP and what we’d consider to be a very fair price indeed.

Dell have outed their latest XPS performance desktops, the 8000-series and 9000-series, based on Intel’s Core i5 and Core i7 processors, together with pushing their latest CULV notebooks, the Inspiron 14z and 15z, out of the door.  The 8000 and 9000 desktops have optional Blu-ray drives, standard DVD burners, and start from $799.

There’s also up to 16GB of RAM on offer, space for dual hard-drives and a choice of video cards from both ATI and NVIDIA.  Ports include eight USB 2.0 and an eSATA, together with a multiformat card reader, plus there’s a tray up top where you can leave your PMP while its recharging.  The XPS 9000 starts from $1,999.

As for the CULV notebooks, the 14z and 15z are 14-inches and 15.6-inches respectively, and use Intel’s Core 2 Duo SU9400 1.4GHz processor paired with up to 8GB of RAM and GMA X4500HD graphics.  The displays both run at 1,366 x 768 and there’s up to 500GB of storage; meanwhile connectivity includes WiFi a/g/n and Bluetooth, plus a multiformat card reader, 1.3-megapixel webcam and 6-cell battery.  Prices start from $599.