One thing you notice about machines in this price band is the common design in so many of them. Viglen's is another machine based around a MicroATX system board using an Intel 810 chipset. This means it has no AGP graphics slot, nor any ISA expansion slots. What it does have is a 600MHz Celeron processor with 64MB of memory, backed up by a 9.5GB hard drive and a 10-speed post-box style DVD-ROM drive.

While this gives a fair specification, it's nothing outstanding. Sound comes from an Intel 810 chipset as with many others, but runs to a trio of Altec Lansing speakers, which are better than many and the best in this group.

Graphics also come from the 810 and are no better or worse than any others from this chipset. The picture is reproduced on another ADi monitor, this time re-badged to Viglen. This is a good 17-inch unit with easy to use controls and a high-contrast picture, enabling a jet-black background to its display.

A Microsoft keyboard is partnered by a Logitech mouse and, like NEC, Viglen bundles WorksSuite 2000 with this HomePro. Overall, it's a good, well-designed machine, but without anything extra to give it an edge over its rivals.