First Benchmark: eMac/1.25GHz

The 1.25GHz eMac is an impressive computer that holds its own against the pricier iMac.

Excellent value ; impressive game and application performance ; the high-end eMac includes the same SuperDrive that's in the Power Mac G5 line

Bulky CRT monitor ; no FireWire 800 port

The eMac is available in two configurations: a $999 model with an 80GB hard drive and a CD- and DVD-burning SuperDrive (our test system), and a $799 model with a 40GB hard drive and a DVD-reading and CD-burning Combo drive. (The model with a Combo...