Computers

FastStone Capture is an effective and easy-to-use screen capture program you can use to create a variety of projects such as training videos, software tutorials and user manuals.

HyperSnap is screen capture software that is simple to use and has plenty of capture and editing tools. While it isn't as smooth as the best products we reviewed, it still offers a number of tools and resources to help you make good-looking final products.

While FullShot screen capture software's on-screen interface looks a bit dull, its screenshot options are sharp. You capture images and screenshots through five options that form the acronym SWORD.

Iobit’s Advanced SystemCare Pro has a clean interface that guides you through the process of tuning up your PC.

Developed by Avanquest, Fix-It Utilities Pro is a suite of PC tune-up tools to improve and maintain your computer’s health.

Norton is a Symantec brand known more for its security and antivirus software than its PC system utility software.

AVG PC TuneUp is a PC system optimization application promising to provide more storage space, faster speeds, longer battery life and less crashing, all with a set-and-forget interface. With 17 tools, it’s a full suite of Windows utility software.

The WinZip System Utilities Suite PC cleaner software is designed to improve your computer’s performance, maintain PC health and recover storage space.

Developer Pointstone Software has been creating system utility software since 1996.

Glarysoft Ltd. developed Glary Utilities Pro as an all-in-one PC system utility software suite for freeing up disk space, cleaning the registry, managing the drivers, tightening up privacy and maintaining security protocols.

Editor’s Note: This product has been removed from our side-by-side comparison because it has been discontinued.

We realize not everyone out there loves Apple products, but this computer has so many cool features, it couldn’t not be our pick for best home computer.

This desktop computer stands out right away because of the large speakers built right into the front of the computer.

The XPS 15 we tested has a 2.8GHz Intel Core i7-7700HQ CPU, 16GB of RAM, a 512GB PCIe SSD, an Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 GPU with 4GB of VRAM and a 4K touchscreen display. It even has a fingerprint reader. Put simply, we tested one of the most expensive high-performance builds available.

This laptop isn’t as cutting edge as some of the computers we tested, but it will handle the needs of most households.

Editor’s Note: This product has been removed from our side-by-side comparison because it has been discontinued.

Editor's Note: This review has been removed from our side-by-side comparison because it no longer ranks as a top 10 product.

Editor's Note: This review has been removed from our side-by-side comparison because it no longer ranks as a top 10 product. The original review is below, but check out our current top 10 about Home Computers here.

Editor's Note: This review has been removed from our side-by-side comparison because it no longer ranks as a top 10 product. The original review is below, but check out our current top 10 about Home Computers here. The Lenovo H is a personal computer that runs Windows 8.1.