Based around a Pentium 933MHz PIII, the Tiny Powerhouse Pro is housed in a stylish micro-tower case and is also available in desktop format. It's a shame that you still need to attack the case with a screwdriver to remove the cover, especially as Tiny has taken time to make the expansion plates tool-free.

Removing the case cover reveals a Microstar 6334 motherboard with Intel's integrated 815 chipset and two empty DIMM slots, the third being filled by a 128MB stick of PC133 SDRAM memory. Of the three PCI slots, two are empty while the third holds the Intel-based 10/100 Ethernet card.

For permanent storage, there's a 30GB ATA/66 Fujitsu hard drive, which should be more than adequate for most corporate users, with the possible exception of the office MP3 pirate. The fitted optical drive is a Mitsumi 4x4x32-speed CD-RW, a much more useful item, in our humble opinions, than the normal CD or DVD-ROM unit.

Handling the graphics output is a 32MB 3D Power GeForce2 MX, 4x AGP card (rather overkill for a corporate system), connected to a 17-inch LG 795 Flatron monitor. Audio output is controlled by the Creative chip that's integrated into the motherboard.

The Powerhouse Pro comes with Window 2000 pre-installed, along with a copy of Works Suite 2001 as the bundled application package. Tiny adds a copy of Intel's LANDesk Client Manager manageability software too. The system comes with a one year on-site parts and labour warranty, with a guaranteed response time of 8 hours.

The Powerhouse Pro is well made and sensibly priced. Tiny doesn't yet have much of a name in the corporate arena, but the inclusion of basic good quality components and software like LANDesk means that at least the company is heading in the right direction.