Desktop Reviews

• Top of the line multimedia desktop featuring 2.4 GHz Intel Core two Quad Processor Q6600 with four lightning fast execution cores
• TV tuner NTSC/ATSC, PVR functionality, programming guide, HD DVD playback, and 16x dual layer LightScribe DVD drive
• Dual 360 GB hard drives 720 GB total, three GB RAM 8 GB max, Nvidia GeForce 8500 GT graphics 1535 MB of available memory
• 54g Wi Fi LAN 802.11b/g, Gigabit Ethernet, six USB 2.0, two FireWire, drive bays available for HP Pocket &amp, Personal Media Drives up to 660 GB optional storage
• Pre installed with Windows Vista Home Premium with Media Center capabilities, wireless keyboard and mouse, IR remote control

The updated chassis with sleek piano black paneling and parts is far from the most important enhancements in the multimedia powerhouse HP Pavilion Elite m9150f desktop PC. It is powered by Intel’s newest processor the 2.4 GHz Intel Core two Quad Q6600 which delivers four complete execution cores inside a single processor for unprecedented performance and responsiveness in multi threaded and multi tasking business/home environments. You may also go wireless and clutter free with wireless keyboard, mouse, and remote control, and it will include the next step in Wi Fi networking with a 54g wireless LAN 802.11b/g.

You may be able to watch, record, and pause live TV programming also as schedule the PC to record forthcoming episodes or complete series. The fitted TV tuner providing both standard NTSC and high def ATSC transmission and personal video recorder PVR let you watch, pause, rewind, and record live television up to 440 hours on the dual 360 GB hard drives for 720 GB of total fitted storage. An online Electronic Program Guide EPG allows you to review the TV schedule and choose individual episodes or complete series, so you may be able to watch your beloved shows on your time, at your convenience. And you may be able to easily burn TV shows and home video to DVD for friends and family with the dual layer, multi format LightScribe DVD/CD burner 16x for DVD±R. It also incorporates an HD DVD drive that is matched with the new high definition DVD disc format. Enjoy surprisingly crisp and vibrantly colorful imagery from this new format.

Fitted drive bays fit optional HP Personal Media Drives and Pocket Media Drives, for up to 660 GB of extra storage that you may carry away with you when you go media drives not included. Other features are three GB of installed RAM 8 GB maximum, Nvidia GeForce 8500 GT graphics with 256 MB of dedicated video memory, Gigabit Ethernet, 15 in 1 memory card reader, up to eight channels of surround sound output, FM tuner, and a remote control with up to 16 feet of range.

Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium will include all of the Windows Media Center potential for turning your PC into an all in one home entertainment center. Also to easily playing your DVD movies and managing your audio library, you will be able to record and watch your beloved TV shows even HDTV. Vista also integrates new search tools during the operating system, will include new parental control features, and offers new tools that can warn you of imminent hardware failures.

The Basics

• Processor: With four execution cores, the 2.4 GHz Intel Core two Quad Processor Q6600 blows through processor intensive tasks in calling for multitasking environments and makes the most of greatly threaded applications. If you are creating multimedia, annihilating your gaming enemies, or running compute intensive applications at one time, new quad core processing will change the way you do everything. The Q6600 has a top of the class 1066 MHz front side bus FSB and dual four MB L2 caches for a whopping big eight MB shared L2 cache. An L2, or secondary, cache temporarily stores data, and a bigger L2 cache may help speed up your system’s performance. The FSB carries data between the CPU and RAM, and a faster front side bus will deliver better in general performance.

  With four complete execution cores in a single processor, you get four dedicated, physical threads help operating systems and applications deliver extra performance that improve multi tasking and multi threaded performance across many kinds of applications and work loads. The Smart Memory Access feature improves system performance by hiding memory latency, optimizing the use of available computer data bandwidth to offer data to the processor when and where it is obliged. The Advanced Digital Media increase feature effectively doubles the execution speed for information used widely in multimedia and graphics applications. And with the Intel 64 Architecture, the processor can access bigger amounts of memory. With proper 64 bit hardware and software, platforms depending on an Intel processor behind Intel 64 Architecture can let the use of expanded virtual and physical memory.

• Hard Drive: The very big 720 GB capacity from the dual 360 GB Serial ATA SATA hard drives 7200 RPM offers a money of storage space enough for storing up to 440 hours of TV programming, a vast multimedia collection, or for editing digital video. This SATA hard drive also quickens the rate with a higher speed move of data akin to FireWire and USB 2.0.
• Memory: The three GB of installed RAM PC5300, two x one GB, two x 512 MB is an excellent start, but this desktop has room enough for eight GB of RAM 4 x two GB to speed along your multimedia and gaming applications. It also offers a top of class 667 MHz speed. To get the faster data move benefits of the dual channel DDR2 RAM, any RAM additions require memory modules of same capacity and clockspeed.
• DVD/CD Drive: This HP Elite desktop offers the next generation of DVD entertainment with the HD DVD ROM optical drive, which gives the superior image and sound quality of high definition pictures and multichannel surround sound also as rearward compatibility with standard DVD movie discs and content burned onto DVD R/RW, DVD RAM. The HD DVD ROM drive offers the following read speeds: 2.4x HD DVD ROM, 5x DVD ROM, and 15x CD ROM.

  It also will include a second optical drive that is matched with dual layer DL DVD±R discs that can hold up to 8.5 GB of data. It features the following speeds: 8x DVD+R DL, 8x DVD R DL, 16x for both single layer DVD±R, 8x DVD+RW, 6x DVD RW, 12x DVD RAM, and 40x/32x for CD R/RW. It reads DVD ROM discs at 16x and CD ROMs at 40x.

• Keyboard &amp, Mouse: This desktop comes with a wireless HP keyboard with expanded range up to 16 feet and a wireless optical mouse.

Screen, Video &amp, Audio
Video is powered by the integrated, SLI ready NVidia GeForce 8500 GT graphics/video card with 256 MB of dedicated graphics memory. Windows Vista may also allocate up to 1535 MB of total graphics memory from the system memory. With support for Microsoft DirectX ten Shader Model 4.0 and High Dynamic Range Lighting HDR, it allows you to rip through all of today’s most advanced and cutting edge games and applications. Power through games at record speeds with vividly realistic, sun up to sun down HDR lighting effects, and turn on 16x full screen anti aliasing without missing a beat. The completely unified shader core dynamically allocates processing power to geometry, vertex, physics, or pixel shading functionings, delivering up to 2x the gaming performance of previous generation GPUs. And NVidia’s SLI technology delivers up to 2x the performance of a single graphics card configuration for unequaled gaming experiences by letting two graphics cards to run in parallel.

The video card will include composite TV out, DVI video out and HDMI audio/video out alternatives. This PC also offers an integrated audio card that can create high meaning surround sound configurable to eight speakers.

Networking, Connectivity &amp, Expansion
This desktop may be wirelessly networked with the integrated 54g Wi Fi LAN 802.11b/g. You also get super fast wired connectivity via the Gigabit Ethernet port 10/100/1000. For expansion, it will include drive bays that fit an optional HP Personal Media Drive for adding 500 GB of storage or an optional HP Pocket Media Drive for adding 160 GB of storage for a total of up to 660 GB of extra storage. For expansion slots, it has one PCI occupied, two PCI Express x1 one available, one PCI x16 Express slot occupied, two 5.25 inch bays occupied, three 3.5 inch bays occupied, and the following external ports:

• 6 USB 2.0 ports for connecting a large range of peripherals from digital cameras to MP3 players 2 in front, four in rear
• 2 FireWire also called IEEE 1394 or i.Link port for connecting digital video camcorders and other peripherals 1 in front, one in rear
• Composite video, S Video, and analog audio inputs
• Video out: S Video, DVI, HDMI, and VGA
• Headphone and microphone jacks
• Digital SPDIF audio input/output
• Surround sound speakers rear, side, center subwoofer
• 2 PS/2 ports for connecting keyboards and mice
• 15 in 1 media card reader on the front, matched with CompactFlash Type I and II, MicroDrive, SmartMedia, Memory Stick/Pro/Duo/Pro Duo, MultiMedia Card, Secure Digital, XD Picture Card, RSMMC, MMC Mobile, MMC+
• 56K modem

Operating System
Windows Vista Home Premium 32 bit version is the operating system for users with advanced computer needs, and it will include all of the Windows Media Center potential for turning your PC into an all in one home entertainment center for watching DVD movies and accessing your audio library. You may also use Windows Media Center to record and watch your beloved TV shows even HDTV and to access new types of online entertainment content. Computers that include Windows Vista Home Premium and an secondary Windows SideShow display will also let you to access key data when your computer is off. It’s also easier than ever to share files between other PCs in your household and to manage your laptop computer settings to more securely connect via Wi Fi.

Every edition of Windows Vista gives the essential tools and technologies to help protect you if you’re browsing the Internet, connecting to a wireless network, or just reading e mail. All editions of Windows Vista include new tools that can warn you of imminent hardware failures long before you have lost any vital personal data. And, all Windows Vista editions include parental control features that let you to manage and monitor your family’s use of games, the Internet, instant messaging, and other actions.

Preloaded Software
Symantec Norton Internet Security 2008 60 days of free live update, HP PhotoSmart Essential, Muvee autoProducer, Cyberlink DVD Suite, Microsoft Works 9, Microsoft Office 2007 Student and Teacher Edition 60 day trial

Dimensions &amp, Weight
This desktop measures 16.61 x 7.0 x 15.51 inches LxWxD and weighs roughly 24.25 pounds.

What’s in the Box
This package holds the HP Media Center m9150f desktop PC, wireless keyboard, wireless mouse, remote control, and power cord. It’s supported by a restricted warranty for parts and labor for one year from date of buy also as technical telephone help for one year. Software is protected for 90 days from date of buy.

The HP Pavilion Elite delivers an amazing high end home entertainment experience, DX10 3D Mainstream gaming, and power for the most calling for PC tasks. This premium PC’s improved features and technology puts everything you need where you want it. The Intel Core two Quad processor is the new in cutting edge processor technology for the desktop PC. The Intel Core two Quad processor delivers four complete execution cores inside a single processor, delivering unprecedented performance and responsiveness in multi threaded and multi tasking business and home use environments. The fitted TV tuner and personal video recorder let you watch, pause, rewind and record live TV with no monthly fee. The free online Electronic Program Guide allows you to review the TV schedule and decide a single episode or an complete series. Enjoy watching smart high meaning DVD movies on your PC with the HD DVD ROM drive. NVIDIA Geforce 8500GT 256MB dedicated Graphics Memory TV tuner card, over the air ATSC high definition TV tuner and FM tuner antenna included HD DVD player with LightScribe SuperMulti DVD+ R/RW with Double level High meaning Audio, eight speaker configurable fitted 802.11B/G Wireless 10/100/1000 Ethernet 15 in 1 card reader Front ports one IEEE 1394, two USB Back ports one IEEE 1394, four USB, audio In/Out, Microphone/Line in/Line out, Rear speaker out, Side speaker out, Center subwoofer, AUD L R, SV, CV, two PS2 ports keyboard, mouse, one RJ 11, one RJ 45, VGA, HDMI, DVI, TV out headset, Microphone Expansion slots one PCI occupied, one PCI Express x 16 occupied, two PCI Express x one 1 available Drive bays two external 5.25 occupied, one external 3.5 occupied, two interior 3.5 occupied Monitor isn’t included

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