IBM Desktop Reviews

"IBM?s latest xSeries 100 Express is aimed directly as these users as it?s designed to provide an entry-level server solution at price they can afford...These very same companies won?t want any hassle when installing the server and the 100 comes with plenty of help to get it up and running straight from the box...At this level of the server market you wouldn?t expect any server management tools but IBM includes its Director software suite...Graphically, Director has always looked a tad unsophisticated when compared with the likes of HP?s Insight Manager and Dell?s OpenManage but the new v5.1 addresses this to some degree and also provides more alerting facilities..." read more »

"IBM has priced its PC 300 PL at $2549--squarely in the middle of the power PC pack...To enhance the 300 PL's value as a network node, IBM includes a useful library of LAN and management software, including Client Services for Netfinity Manager, IBM Universal Management Agent, Co-Session, and Intel LANDesk Manager...Since the 300 PL is designed to be integrated into a network, IBM's designers may have assumed that the majority of users wouldn't be cracking open the horizontal desktop case (which takes up a fair amount of real estate on a desk...The bundled 17-inch monitor nicely complements the Matrox Millennium G200 AGP graphics adapter, with good color reproduction and crisp, easy-to-read text..." read more »

"The NetVista software bundle is good for this class and includes Microsoft Works Suite 2000 and Lotus SmartSuite Millennium Edition as well as NetObjects Fusion 5.0 Web site creation tools...As with the other low-cost entries, it should prove fine for typical home-computing chores but not so good for digital content creation and 3-D gaming...So if you just want a basic PC at a good price, you'll get that with the NetVista..." read more »

"Produced With ease of use in mind and with lots of pictures and diagrams of your IBM ThinkPad A21 and help on removing and replacing the ThinkPad A21 parts...Most documentation that is available for the ThinkPad A21 makes specific references to hardware diags and other software designed for your Laptop.This software (if available) can be found from this web site but is only needed to test your IBM ThinkPad A21 for a physical fault...Error Code 3 The driver for this device may be bad, or your system may be running low on memory or other resources (Code 3...Error Code 4 This device is not working properly because one of its drivers may be bad, or your registry may be bad (Code 4..." read more »

"Although the A30 doesn't sport any massive breakthrough features, it's a good quality desktop replacement...overall weight is pushing 3.5kg and, at 329mm wide, 272mm deep and 46mm thick, it's hardly a notebook to use on the go..." read more »

"Clad in black, the NetVista A30p is a good-looking, well-equipped system for small offices, and its petite stature (16 inches tall) helps conserve space...Much as we liked the monitor, we expected to see a larger screen on a system priced at $2713...Also, the...Clad in black, the NetVista A30p is a good-looking, well-equipped system for small offices, and its petite stature (16 inches tall) helps conserve space in tight quarters...Aside from ABS and Dell (plus..." read more »

"The one we looked at, the A40, is aimed at the SME (small- to medium-sized enterprise) market...Inside the unique, black, mini-tower case is an Intel Pentium III 866MHz processor, socket-mounted on one of Intel's 815 ATX motherboards...Contrast and colour balance are good, and the screen is almost perfectly flat in both dimensions..." read more »

"99 per cent of the population...It has a really bold design, that sticks true to IBM's style...This gives a single D-SUB output, but no DVI..." read more »

"Inside is a system that offers good performance, except on tests that relate mostly to game playing...Except on 3D WinBench and Quake, the NetVista A60i was one of the better performers...The NetVista came in in last place on the PDF file test in a narrow field..." read more »

"It wasn't that bad, just plug in the keyboard, mouse into the ports which were labelled just that...The IBM Aptiva was a very good PC with the latest processor from AMD in it named the AMD K6 2 which had a mind-blowing 400 MHZ of CPU speed but was equivalent to a 500MHZ Intel Chip...Your PC cant run faster than its slowest link and the memory was good but still slow, noticable when loading up the machine with a full hard drive the 64MB or ram just wasnt that capable..." read more »