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When it comes to compact, low power PCs, the Aleutia D1 Mini Atom PC leads the way. Just 20 cm (7.9 inches) across, 7.4 cm (2.9 inches) tall, and 30.5 cm (12 inches) deep, the D1 sports dual 1.66 GHz Intel Atom CPUs, 4GB RAM, and Gigabit LAN. It has no moving parts (apart from the DVD drive) and it runs almost totally silent. It comes with a choice of 40GB HDD, 32GB HDD or 40 GB SSD and is available with 2GB or 4GB of RAM

Gamers will tell you that it is all about the speed with every single bit of special effects cranked up to the maximum without losing a single frame, but unfortunately for the average man on the street, purchasing a couple or even three of such high-end video cards places a great strain on the monthly budget, which is why high-end video cards are never the main bread-and-butter products for companies that churn them out, although they are great technological breakthroughs and examples worth drooling over.

BenQ seems to have taken some inspiration from a certain other big player in the market with its new range of slimline all-in-one PCs.

The model pictured above is the i91 and certainly looks the part, with an 18" 16:9 aspect display and an AMD Sempron 120U processor, 1GB of RAM and a 160GB hard drive built right in. There's also a 1.3MP camera, multi-card reader and wi-fi and an average power consumption of just 30 watts.

Getting a hot PC experience at the sea. This is a total new experience for swimmers who can enjoy movie, game, music, MSN, web surfing, email, etc. at the sea. This PC implements innovative but possible technology for its specific purpose such as GPRS receiver, Bluetooth wireless solutions, finger-touch input, solar power driven processor, water-cooling system, magnetic charging interface and water-proof design. GPRS lets swimmers know where they are at their area. This also address safety issue when swimmers floating at the sea.

If you're a serious gamer you can easily justify spending three or four thousand bucks on a gaming PC. After all, there's a serious difference between 128-MB and 512-MB graphics cards, performance-wise.

I know some of you might feel a little flush sometimes but would you seriously consider paying $735,000 for a PC?

Of course, not all PCs come with a custom chassis made from platinum and encrusted with jewels that map the stars in the heavens.