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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Solid, quiet, space-saving, cool running,
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This review is from: HP Pavilion Media Center a1320n Desktop PC (Intel Pentium 4 Processor 524 (H-T), 1 GB RAM, 200 GB Hard Drive, Dbl Layer DVD+/-R/RW Drive) (Personal Computers)
I held out buying a new computer for a while. I had last purchased an HP Pavilion and had good success but that was 7+ years ago (yes, I get my money's worth). My wife spotted this little guy and it was love at first sight.
I believe it is essentially a laptop packaged as a super-small desk tower; so small it sits beside the flat panel monitor and provides plenty of desk room to spare. I recently moved into a professional D-SLR and use loads of disk space. This not only is fast at 1.7Gh but has a huge hard drive of 240Gb. The front CF I/II card reader and the front USB means I don't have to monkey around in the back or with add-on devices to read/write to my cards or iPod. There are 4 USB slots on the back as well as a full compliment of speaker hook-up options. The 10/100 Ethernet is included and installed. Essentially this is a "set it and forget it" home appliance. I have been struck by the quietness of this unit - no fan is necessary apparantly due to the fact that it runs the Centrino processor; known for it's low power consumption and heat generation. This is a great improvement over the 747-like sounds of the fan equipped full size towers. This also means no or little dust is kicked or sucked up by the processor cooling system. If you are hunting for a fast, quiet, energy saving desktop that has the HP name on it, this is the one. I did find that the prices are all over the map so it will pay to shop for rebates.
4.0 out of 5 stars
good pc,
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This review is from: HP Pavilion Media Center a1320n Desktop PC (Intel Pentium 4 Processor 524 (H-T), 1 GB RAM, 200 GB Hard Drive, Dbl Layer DVD+/-R/RW Drive) (Personal Computers)
I like the machine, but I don't like the win XP Media edition. I removed 20 or 30 games from the hard drive. I created the CD Rom installation CD's and tested them by reinstalling the operating system. I had to reinsert several of the CD's two or three times before they would read correctly. I like the ability to buy just the PC, keyboard, and mouse. My monitor, printer, and speakers that I already had were fine for this system.
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