April 26, 2008 6:00 AM PDT
7. Dell Inspiron 530
Editors' rating: 7.3
The good: Discrete graphics card has its own memory, so it won't steal from the system RAM; built-in Bluetooth.
The bad: The Inspiron 530 was outperformed on a few tests by a system that costs $100 less.
The bottom line: PC vendors have very few tricks remaining to differentiate their systems from the competition, which makes the built-in Bluetooth in the Dell Inspiron 530 unique. There's little else that makes this system stand out, but if you need Bluetooth in your budget desktop, we can recommend no other.
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Price: $589
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