Servers got more powerful and Apple's iMac rocked the desktop house in 2006 The year in hardware belonged to Sun, whose Opteron-based Sun Fire servers surged ahead of the competition. Stratus’ fault-tolerant Windows server earned top marks and Dell’s ninth-generation PowerEdge made a good showing, whereas the Egenera BladeFrame EX proved to be an odd mixture of exceptional hits and minor misses.To view summary evaluations of every Hardware product from 2006, download the PDF of this section from InfoWorld IT Exec-Connect.More 2006 Year in Reviews: **IT Exec-Connect members: Download all the PDFs for the entire 2006 Year in Reviews free. Not a member yet? Register here for free, then discuss Year in Reviews at the InfoWorld Connect blog. **Visit the Product Guide to view and compare all reviews from the InfoWorld Test Center**Back to 2006 Year in Reviews Technology Industry