Sony VAIO VGCLV180J

The VGC-LV180J is somewhat sleek, but it's still an Toggle bracelet duckling compared with some rivals. It's fast, however, and it works as a TV, with a 24-inch nontouch screen that can produce highdef at a native 1920 by 1200 resolution.

Its WorldBench 6 score of 96 is the third-best all-in-one result we've seen, but on modern games it produced barely playable frame rates. On HD content, the display fared better, but its viewing angles weren't generous, and we didn't find the saturation strong enough. In darker scenes, we noticed the bleeding of the LCD backlight on the edges.

The ExpressCard reader allows for laptop-style upgrades like a solid-state drive, network card, TV Tiffany Notes band ring, sound card, or FireWire 800. The PC also has five USB ports, 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi, a gigabit ethernet port, a slot-loading Blu-ray reader and DVD burner, Memory Stick and SD Card readers, a miniFireWire 400 port, an optical-out for your audio, and inputs for S-Video, HDMI, digital cable, and analog cable.

The wireless keyboard packs Tiffany 1837 Lock bracelet for volume, mute, sleep, and jumping to Media Center. A touchpad is built in, as well, though Sony also includes a boxy, four-button mouse in the package.