HP's Pavilion Desktop line (starts at $549; $757 as tested) is a familiar sight at big-box retailers for a reason—it gets most things right. This family-friendly budget desktop has the performance to ...

Rumors of Windows XP's demise have been greatly exaggerated. I wrote about Dell's downgrade program in a post earlier this week (Windows Vista just can't catch a break). It looks like Dell may have ...

My friend has almost the same computer (same sound card). It upgraded without ANY difficulty. He claims that the sound quality is even better now with the XP driver, but I have no idea if that's ...

Almost nine months to the day after Nvidia announced its Ion Platform, the first real netbook to make use of the technology has finally shipped. HP announced the Mini 311, an 11.6-inch netbook that ...

I have a Hewlett-Packard Pavilion DM1-4010us entertainment laptop which came with 64 bit Windows 7. The Realtek adapter works fine in 7. I installed 32 bit Windows XP pro sp3 on a second partition to ...

Dan Ackerman leads CNET's coverage of computers and gaming hardware. A New York native and former radio DJ, he's also a regular TV talking head and the author of "The Tetris Effect" ...

The HP Pavilion Plus 16 is an impressive blend of style and practicality, offering a sleek, modern design with a sturdy three-sided metal body and an aluminum display shell. It’s notably portable for ...