Desktop PCs were the first computer category PCMag, in its infancy, started out covering, and they’re still one of the most important. (They’re in our very name, after all.) And we’ve been testing them with the same tried-and-true care for more than 40 years, starting with the establishment of PC Labs in 1984: We compare each system to others in its category based on price, features, design aspects, and hands-on, repeatable performance tests so we can make smart comparisons across…








