cnet has a thorough review the new 24: 2.8GHz iMac, with comparisons to the previous model, the new 20″ iMac, the Mini and 3 Windows competitors.
This is another well written review from Matthew Elliott. He notes
We were impressed with the 24-inch iMac’s showing last year in the labs, and this latest update showed marked improvement on our multitasking test as well as with CineBench. We weren’t surprised to see iTunes performance stay the same, since it’s largely dependent on CPU clockspeed. What we didn’t expect was a 22-percent increase on our multimedia multitasking benchmark compared with that of last year’s model, which was already way ahead of Dells’ and Gateway’s all-in-one PCs.
The article concludes:
Should you be weighing a 24-inch iMac purchase against a mainstream desktop, a quick look at two midrange Dell offerings reveals that the iMac includes a reasonable $150 premium or so. We say reasonable because of the effort (and money) Apple puts into the iMac’s design and the inclusion of the iLife software suite. Similarly configured XPS 420 and XPS 630 systems–each with a 24-inch display–come out just above and below the $1,650 mark. Any all-in-one PC carries the usual caveat, however, that your upgrade options are limited, both in terms of internal expansion room and the capability to upgrade or replace the display
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