Eric Grevstad

The Consumer Electronics Show is in town — as a rule, when we say “town,” we usually mean Las Vegas — and PC makers are ready to bounce back from a disappointing Christmas sales season. Here’s a quick rundown of some of the new consumer desktops and notebooks introduced at the show, with faster processors […]

In TV commercials, Mr. T is always telling collect callers to save a buck or two. WinBook says the same thing to notebook PC shoppers: The company, which built its reputation as a value laptop brand but has lately moved upscale with high-powered desktop replacement systems like the desktop-processor-powered J4, now shows it hasn’t forgotten […]

Canon USA’s top-of-the-line i850 is a terrific printer — a fast four-color model whose prints match six-color dedicated photo printers’, but with superior performance for everyday applications. But while its $200 price would have seemed a steal two years ago, it seems a hurdle today, with deluxe inkjets like Lexmark’s Z55se or HP’s Deskjet 5550 […]

We’re not sure we remember who switched first — maybe Dell, closely followed by Compaq and eMachines? But over the last couple of years, almost all desktop PCs, which used to be some shade of white, off-white, or washday gray (remember “putty?”), have turned black, usually with silver accents. And if you haven’t yet color-coordinated […]

If you look at the pictures on Gateway’s Web site, the E-2000 and E-4000 “managed PCs” — that is; business desktops or network clients — appear in either conventional minitower or stylish microtower cases, with six or three drive bays respectively. Check out the configuration menu, however, and you’ll find Gateway is offering a new […]

It’s official: The only reason you can’t find PCs as prizes in Cracker Jack boxes is that they’re too big. That may sound extreme, but it’s a logical conclusion since this month Gateway began offering brand-new computers for free: If you buy the company’s 600XL laptop for $2,399, Gateway will throw in a 300S desktop […]

Does Sony’s new desktop — the first of the “slimtop” designs popular in Japan to officially reach the U.S. — challenge Apple’s swivel-lamp iMac as the most elegant coffee-table PC you can buy? Well, let’s put it this way: If it didn’t say Sony, you wouldn’t be surprised to find a Bose or Bang & […]