But ABS proves that David can coexist with Goliath and deliver a competitive product at an appealing price. The ABS Multimedia System 1 delivered very good performance and plenty of features for the money. The tower case has a front panel sculpted in two-tone plastic, and the components inside show signs of careful assembly. Not only are there wraps on the loose cables, but the AGP graphics adapter is tied down by a loop of nylon monofilament, and there's a cooling fan on the graphics adapter's heat sink.
Setup is fairly easy.
That makes it easy to find driver disks and component manuals when you need them. The pair of drives was configured for striping to give faster performance. The bundle also includes a batch of games, DVD decoding software, a pedestal microphone, and a variety of cables and adapters. The system also comes with DVD decoding software. As a development platform, the ABS entry is good but not stellar.