Gateway's 610XL Media Center PC in a way sets a new standard. It shows that you do not have to sacrifice power or connectivity when creating a small form factor PC. We love the fact that the 610XL simply works as designed and looks great while doing so.

Perfect for the kitchen or the office, the 610XL plays multiple roles. It can either be a stereo system or television while eating your breakfast, or the family PC used to do taxes, editing home movies or playing games. The intermittent WiFi issues we had seem to be fixed by Gateway via a driver update and even still could be related exclusively to our network setup so this is nothing that seriously hurt the 610XL.

If you have been in the market for a system of this type, instead of choosing between an Apple iMac or Sony's W-series systems, we recommend taking a look at the 610XL first.