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Targeted at home and small business users, the $1589 Ajump Matrix 4200 is a fairly generic midsize tower PC. Our test unit came equipped with a midlevel, 2.8-GHz Pentium 4 processor; 512MB of SDRAM; and a 160GB hard drive. Among value systems we've tested, it delivered performance to match, earning a respectable WorldBench score of 83.
Video playback and gaming performance were less impressive. DVD movies, video games, and photographs looked dark and muddy on the 17- inch Impression 7LSP LCD monitor, though it was adequate for everyday business tasks, producing sharp text. Frame rates in our video game tests were mediocre.
Setup and usability are not among the highlights of...