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| With Summer winding down, it's time to prepare for school. Fall is a popular time to upgrade your desktop PC. To assist you, we present this PC Buyer's guide, so you can create the perfect PC for your life. |
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The engine of your PC. HP offers PC processors from Intel® and AMD. Go economical for basics like e-mail, web browsing, and homework. Step up to the Intel Pentium 4 or an AMD Athlon 64 if you're going to be playing games, movies or running many programs at the same time. High-end graphics, music and video editing demand top chips like the Intel Core 2 Duo or the AMD Athlon 64x2.
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Think of your hard drive as a storage cabinet. The more stuff you have, the more storage you need. Start with 80 Gigabytes (GB). If you'll be storing many photos and tunes move up to 160GB. Hard drives go up to 500 GB. You'll also want to consider the LightScribe Disc labeling system. It burns CDs or DVDs and allows you to put your art directly on the disc. It's perfect for backing up files, photos, or creating music discs.
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| How much RAM is enough? 512MB of memory is standard for everyday needs like school work and research, home finances and projects, and downloading photos and video. But in order to handle new, larger and more complex applications for video editing, higher end graphics, etc., it may be worth considering installing 2GB of memory. |
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| Slim, lightweight, flat-screen HP LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) monitors have virtually replaced the bulkier CRT (Cathode Ray Tube) displays. The most common screen sizes are 15 and 17 inches. But if your work involves graphic design, or if you're primarily interested in a larger viewing area for TV, movies, multimedia and gaming, consider 19 or 21 inches. |
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They're small! The new HP Pavilion Slimline PC gives you all the features of a traditional PC in 1/3 the size of a traditional tower PC. Its small size and sleek design let you place this PC almost anywhere in your home or office. It's perfect for the kitchen, child's room or family room... anywhere you may have a smaller desk or limited workspace.
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Flash memory cards are everywhere! They're used to store address books, music files and photos in just about every digital cameras. Plus, they make it remarkably easy to move files between peripherals and PCs. The drawback? There are a number of different card formats, and there's no predicting which standard a peripheral might use. So we include multiformat media card readers on HP desktop PCs. They make it easy to move files between all your cool digital gadgets. |
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Digital photography, digital music, and digital movies have combined with CD and DVD writers to give practically anyone the power to create custom music mixes, slideshows, and home movies on disc. This custom content deserves custom disc artwork—but until now, that meant messy adhesive labels and permanent markers. The HP solution? LightScribe Direct Disc Labeling. LightScribe, available in select HP desktop and notebook PCs, uses the laser in the CD/DVD drive to permanently etch your custom designs—text, pictures, or any combination— into the top surface of the disc.
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Large digital media files such as music, movies, and photographs—have made file storage and portability both more important, and more challenging. HP responded with the Personal Media Drive. A sleek, portable hard drive available in three different capacities, the Personal Media Drive provides up to 400GB of additional fi le storage space. It fits into integrated drive bays in HP Media Center PCs and HP Digital Entertainment Centers, and it connects quickly and easily to HP desktop and notebook PCs through a USB cable.
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Set yourself apart from the crowd and create a PC environment that reflects your tastes and passions. Choose from a wide selection of designs from professional sports leagues, entertainment themes, college logos, colors and more. You can even create your own skins!!
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* Offer is good while supplies last. Offer is also subject to change or cancellation at any time.
See product page for details. Prices shown may include applicable rebates. Restrictions apply to sale items and
are subject to change without notice. Mail-in rebates not valid in CT.
1. Free HP All-in-One printer after $80 mail-in rebate. Tax on pre-mail-in rebate pricing applies. Rebate not available in CT. Offer is until 9/30/06.
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