Dell's budget boxes certainly ain't the prettiest PCs you'll set eyes upon, and they probably aren't the cheapest either. But, where Dell really come into their own is in terms of ease of ordering, efficiency and prompt service.

Sure, a PC at this end of the market isn't going to get anybody very excited, and it is likely to be purchased just to sit under a desk and do a job. And that is what Dells do. This machine is likely to sit on/under your desk and provide many years of dishing up Office documents ad web pages, largely untouched and unnoticed. What more can you ask from a budget machine?!

Looks wise, it is about as standard as a PC gets. A spray of silver gives it a hint of 'modernness', but essentially this is a beige box from the 90s transported to 2008. I expect Dell would even be able to fit a 3.5" floppy drive as an optional extra if you really wanted to relive the windows 95 days.