The Gateway e4000 is a business PC of epic proportions, offering 1GB of memory, a 120GB hard drive, two CD-RW drives, and two giant flat-screen monitors. It even comes with an Iomega Zip Drive. Of course, you pay a hefty price for such abundance.

You can't mount the e4000 on the side of a desk like the PC Power & Cooling SleekLine 2400. It doesn't have a built-in display like the IBM NetVista X41 or the NEC PowerMate eco. But it's certainly more attractive than the average beige box. The system's sleek mini-tower is silver and black, and its many peripherals are colored to match, including mouse, keyboard, speakers, and both monitors. The keyboard offers a full set of application hotkeys and audio controls, letting you easily launch software and play audio CDs, and the monitors—one 18 inches in diagonal and one 22 inches—offer exceptionally sharp images.

While the e4000 would do nicely in your living room, it's certainly ready for the corporate LAN that it's geared to. Equipped with a Gigabit Ethernet card, management software, and a lockable chassis, it's not a bad way to spice up life at the office.