The Packard Bell idesign does away with desktop clutter and awkward cables.

It comes with a 15-inch flat panel LCD monitor, wireless keyboard and mouse, making it one of the sleekest and smallest home PCs on the market.

It has Intel Pentium 4 and AMD Duron processors, 128 or 256Mb SDRAM, a 20 to 40Gb hard-drive and a PCI slot.

All models have a DVD/CDRW drive with TV-Out on the idesign 180 and high speed connectors such as USB and FireWire IEEE1394 ports.

Photo and film enthusiasts have the choice of 16Mb Savage 4 or ATI Radeon VE 32Mb graphics cards to download and display large images and film clips from your digital or video camera faster than ever before.

The idesign offers more than the average PC, including a punchy multimedia audio system with Loudmouse speakers.

The PC comes with an internet package and software, including Windows XP, Word 2000, Money 2000 and Avery Design Pro, FIFA 2001, Zeus:

Master of Olympus, Disneys Buzz Lightyear of Star Command, New DJ, Atomix MP3 and Music Maker 6.

Price: £999.

Contact: 01628 512400.

Feel good factor: 8 out of 10.