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| Brand: Hewlett-Packard
Category: Personal Computer
List Price: $997.00
Buy New: $810.57
You Save: $186.43 (19%)
New (3) from $810.57
Rating:  17 reviews
Sales Rank: 238
Color: Black/ Silver
Media: Personal Computers
Operating System: Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium
CPU Manufacturer: AMD
CPU Speed: 2.2
CPU Type: AMD Athlon 64 X2
Processors: 1
System Bus Speed: 1000
System Memory: 3000
Memory Type: DDR2 SDRAM
Hard Drive Size: 720
Floppy Disk Drive: None
Graphics RAM: 256
Modem: Fax / modem
Shipping Weight (lbs): 34.3
Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 15.2 x 10.8
Warranty: 1 year warranty
MPN: KJ377AA#ABA
Model: M8400F
UPC: 883585738922
EAN: 0883585738922
ASIN: B0015L5EPY
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 Pretty decent for off the shelf May 31, 2008
7 out of 9 found this review helpful
This wouldn't have been my first choice frankly, but it fit my budget. As it turns out, it's not a bad machine. It has handled most of what I've thrown at it, and in particular, it burns DVDs extremely quickly. It's much quieter than my old machine, which was very noisy. At times I've turned it off, thinking that I was turning it on. My biggest complaint is about Vista. I don't know how a brand new machine, with almost no software installed, can get the blue screen of death. But that's on MS, not HP.
There is the standard amount of software and come-ons, but that can be gutted. All in all, it's a nice buy particularly for the price.
 Best thing to happen to computing May 25, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
This Pavilion and Windows Vista have been an awesome upgrade. It's amazingly quiet (dare I say "silent"?) when I am playing World of Warcraft, burning a DVD or using a high-memory program like Photoshop. In fact, I can do all three at once and this beast doesn't break a sweat. A great price for a quad-core with plenty of RAM and a good graphics card. I'll plan to add more RAM eventually, but so far the included 3 GB has been great.
Great computer!!! May 17, 2008
13 out of 13 found this review helpful
So, I buy a new desktop every five years or so, and my old XP with 1G was running pretty slow, so I figured time to switch machines. I looked around at the 'build your own' part of the HP and Dell sites, and they were a little expensive for what I wanted (quad processor, 4G RAM), and was prepared to plunk down $1300+ for the HP m9160f. Then I noticed this machine at Best Buy for $400 less, went on-line, checked out the reviews and made my purchase on Amazon (which was about $100 less than Best Buy).
This is a fantastic computer, fast and quiet. I'm not a gamer, but do like to download/play music and videos I find online while listening to radio, surf around, use business applications, etc. I've had this for three weeks, and it's done it all without breaking a sweat. Vista takes a little getting used to, but the transition wasn't as painful as I feared. Nor was transferring my files over, I just put them on my external hard drive and copied them back onto this machine. All XP hardware for the old computer (wireless keyboard and mouse, old Canon MP390 printer) hooked up fine, I just plugged the stuff in, along with my broadband cable, and it was ready to go. I also picked up a new HP w2207 monitor with the deal for $250.
This is simply an incredible upgrade for an incredible price, I'd recommend anyone looking for a state-of-the-art machine pick this up.
A Real Beast May 15, 2008
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
This PC can do it all. I am a big gamer and that is the reason i purchased this PC. Just to test it out I had a game running, music playing, downloading off the internet AND ran a PC scan and the game NEVER slowed down. Amazing. If you don't like the Norton's it comes with, just uninstall and get a free anti-virus program off the internet and your all set. It comes with so many PC diagnostics and auto updates you barely have to do anything to keep it up to date on drivers and BIOS. Many people say they don't like Vista and their is some validity to this. However, you can go into control panel and select "classic xp" under themes and it will look and act just like XP, set your PC up and when you are ready, switch to Vista theme. For the price you cannot beat this machine. get it now before energy prices make everything more expensive. Very satisfied.
Best choice for a Media Desktop May 12, 2008
13 out of 14 found this review helpful
I am an IT professional, so I usually tend to prefer building my own machines. Nothing I could build could come close to touching this box. It is silent, fast, feature-rich, and very affordable considering the specs. Most importantly, everything works the way it should.
The one negative is the inevitable crap-ware they load up on it. It's going to take you some time to remove all the garbage (Wild Tangent games, etc...). Uggh. But this is easy to do even for a non-technical person, and every manufacturer loads this garbage up on their machines.
Specific features that shine:
-Digital TV Tuner works great... I didn't think I would use it but I am.
-750 GB Removable HD option is fantastic (go ahead and spring for it, worth every penny)
-Case is a little cheesy-looking but is DEAD SILENT
-Remote actually useful in living room situation
-Wireless configured in seconds
-Vista is ACTUALLY WORKING WELL AND IS EASY TO USE
I highly recommend this system for anyone but the most demanding user, and you really can't beat the price for what you're getting.
Enjoy!
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