Fast; excellent core components; speedy 8X DVD burner; brilliant monitor; strong warranty.

Ever-so-slightly slower graphics rendering than that of top competitors; lackluster productivity suite; generic user manual.

The Raptor Extreme Edition provides a delicious computing experience, provided you can stomach the price tag.

Lightning-fast performance; 6.1-speaker set provides rich sound; plenty of USB and FireWire ports.

Boring exterior; no media-card reader; included Samsung LCD doesn't display video well.

Drab as it may appear on the outside, MPC’s Millennia 920i is an out-of-this-world performer with a distinct taste for multimedia.