Hewlett Packard Pavilion Media Center a1350n (EL472AA) PC Desktop
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- Optical Drive Type: DVD-ROM DVD Burner DVD-Dual Layer Burner CD-ROM CD Burner
- Chipset: ATI RADEON Xpress 200
- Form Factor: Tower
- Recommended Use: Home theater Use
- Processor: AMD Athlon 64 X2 2.2 GHz
- Operating System: Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition
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Perfect PC for the Price!!!
Pros
Athlon Dual-Core Processor, Dual Layer DVD Writer, 1GB of DDR memory, future upgradibility.
Cons
It's still an HP, no matter how great of a computer it really is.
Recommended it?
Yes
The Bottom Line:
Great Deal!!!
For $850, this computer trumps all the others in it's price range.
I was originally planning on buying a Dell even though I'm fully capable of building a computer myself. The family doesn't "trust me" to build a computer and wants some type of warranty. This computer, the Pavilion a1350n, passes up most of the Dell's line-up due to the Dual-Core Athlon X2 processor. This processor flies. (Its amazing how you can have 70 processes going on and the CPU Usage doesn't even pass 60%, I'm not lying!) The computer starts up within 20 seconds, isn't noisy at all, and you never have to wait for anything.
The Pavilion a1350n comes with an LG Dual Layer CD/DVD Writer (HP DVD740i/b is the name in Windows XP) that works with tons of different DVD-/ R, DVD-/ RW, or DVD-/ RDL media. Never had any burn errors when making a DVD or CD.
If your one of those hardcore computer gamers, then you only need a video card, preferrably ATI, and your set. I upgraded to an ATI Radeon X850XT ($179 on the web) and now Im doing great. Mind you, the on-board graphics will work with all the games out now too so, adding a video card is only for the gamers.
The computer comes with a bunch of software from HP Photo editing, MS Office 2003, MS Works, Sonic DVD Creation, WinDVD to watch DVDs, and much more. Windows Media Center is great for the family but, the computer geeks will wanna throw on XP Professional.
There have been ZERO problems with this computer, it still hasn't froze on me yet, and it still hasn't slowed down on me. The computer is totally upgradable for the future (Plenty of space on the inside). HP's tech support is much more responsive and "able to handle problems" then people think, but the great thing about this computer is...You won't even need to call them...9.5/10 so far.
I was originally planning on buying a Dell even though I'm fully capable of building a computer myself. The family doesn't "trust me" to build a computer and wants some type of warranty. This computer, the Pavilion a1350n, passes up most of the Dell's line-up due to the Dual-Core Athlon X2 processor. This processor flies. (Its amazing how you can have 70 processes going on and the CPU Usage doesn't even pass 60%, I'm not lying!) The computer starts up within 20 seconds, isn't noisy at all, and you never have to wait for anything.
The Pavilion a1350n comes with an LG Dual Layer CD/DVD Writer (HP DVD740i/b is the name in Windows XP) that works with tons of different DVD-/ R, DVD-/ RW, or DVD-/ RDL media. Never had any burn errors when making a DVD or CD.
If your one of those hardcore computer gamers, then you only need a video card, preferrably ATI, and your set. I upgraded to an ATI Radeon X850XT ($179 on the web) and now Im doing great. Mind you, the on-board graphics will work with all the games out now too so, adding a video card is only for the gamers.
The computer comes with a bunch of software from HP Photo editing, MS Office 2003, MS Works, Sonic DVD Creation, WinDVD to watch DVDs, and much more. Windows Media Center is great for the family but, the computer geeks will wanna throw on XP Professional.
There have been ZERO problems with this computer, it still hasn't froze on me yet, and it still hasn't slowed down on me. The computer is totally upgradable for the future (Plenty of space on the inside). HP's tech support is much more responsive and "able to handle problems" then people think, but the great thing about this computer is...You won't even need to call them...9.5/10 so far.
