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So Apple pioneered the “PC-in-a-monitor” form factor with the iMac G5, and though other manufacturers have since followed suit, no one has been able to top Cupertino when it comes to screen size on this form factor — until now, that is. PocketPCReviews is reporting that an Australian company called OzIQ — which already has a range of All-in-One machines topping out at 22 inches — is poised to release a mammoth 32-inch model called the OZ-632i7, making the 24-inch iMac look positively miniscule in comparison. Although not much information is available yet concerning the guts of this monster, spec sheets indicate that it will be powered by Core Duo and Core Solo processors, rock up to 3GB of DDR2 RAM, and presumably feature Windows Media Center Edition, seeing as it sports an internal TV tuner as well. Supposedly OzIQ is planning on pushing this one out the door “in a couple of weeks,” priced at the equivalent of $3,200.

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While barebones PCs are nothing new, and neither are all-in-one form factors, it’s seldom that we see the two ideas meet. MSI‘s new 17-inch Crystal 945 barebones PC, however, does just that, allowing you to build a family-friendly PC with the heart of a hacker. Well, almost the heart of a hacker. The 945G chipset running this thing only supports up to a Pentium D processor, so you’re not going to get a lot of power no matter how well you spec the rest. Most everything else looks pretty snazzy otherwise, including a 7-in-1 card reader, a PCI Express x16 slot (and integrated graphics if you don’t want to spring for a full-on GPU), a mini-PCI slot for WiFi action, gigabit Ethernet and a bunch of other perks. With all that expandability, the Crystal is a bit on the bulky side for an all-in-one, measuring a full 3.8-inches thick, but there’s really a lot to love here if you can overlook the processor limitations — and if you’ve got the DIY spark to build your own PC in the first place. No word on price or availability.

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Yep, another all-in-one PC in white for ya here. This time, it's Hitachi's Prius One Type S (AW31S1R) PC which brings a 1.6MHz Celeron M 380 processor, a 17-inch LCD capable of 1280 x 1024 pixels, a maximum of 2GB RAM, Intel 910GML Express graphics, up to 320GB of disk, and a front-mounted slot-loading dual-layer DVD writer which makes good use of that 7.8-inch of depth. You also get 5 x USB 2.0 ports, a multi-format memory card slot, Firewire, modem, and outs for D-Sub 15 and S/PDIF. Yours for a steep, estimated starting price of  ¥160,000 (or about $1,389) when these drop July 15th in Japan.

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Meanwhile, the slimline, detached CPU L series comes in seven different varieties (VL970/FG, VL700/FG, VL590/FG, VL570/FG, VL500/FG, VL370/FD, and VL300/FD), with 17 or 20-inch monitors, 2.8GHz Pentium D, 3.06GHz Celeron R, or hyper-threaded 2.93GHz Pentium processors, 512MB or 768MB of RAM, and hard drives ranging from 250GB to 400GB.
Finally, at least as far as the desktops are concerned, the three members of the R series ( VR570/FG, VR500/FG, VR300/FG) seem like younger siblings to the W/X models, as they all sport just a 17-inch screen, but still pack some good processing power with either those Celeron D's or HT Pentium 4's from the L series, and also rock just 512MB of RAM and a maximum hard-drive capacity of 400GB. Many of these all-in-ones, as well as most of the new laptops, come with TV tuners, remote controls, DVD burners, and the always-important VIIV certification. Incidentally, NEC also announced that PC's with built-in HD-DVD drives will begin shipping in the fall.
On the portable side, the LaVie L series consists of eight models (LL990/FD, LL900/FD, LL790/FD, LL770/FG, LL750/FD, LL700/FD, LL570/FD, LL370/FD), with either a 1.60GHz Celeron M, 1.73GHz Pentium M, Mobile Sempron 3100 , or Turion 64 Mobile processor, 80GB, 100GB, or 160GB hard drives, and 256MB to 1GB of RAM. Like the all-in-one models, gamers will find nothing worth their time, as the video here is also powered by rather unexciting integrated graphics.

To round things out, the LaVie T comes in 1.6GHz Celeron M (LT900/FD) or 1.73GHz Pentium M (LT700/FD) flavors, sport 100GB or 160GB hard drives, and both come standard with with 512MB, upgradable to 2GB (as with most of the other new models). The sole member of the A family, the LA500/FD, can only muster a pokey 1GHz Celeron M chip, 80GB hard drive, and 512MB of RAM, but its claimed 5-hour battery life completely schools the rest of today's announced lappies, with one even advertising less than an hour of juice.

All of the new machines will be available by the end of the month (released on either the 14th or 21st, specifically), in Japan only. Oh, and if you want prices on all twenty-six of these, well, you're gonna have to do the conversions yourself -- so maybe our dedication to you isn't as complete as we originally claimed.

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