Dr Gadget - HP Pavilion Elite m9060n Desktop PC (Intel Core 2 Quad Processor Q6600, 3 GB RAM, 640 GB Hard Drive, Vista Premium)

	List Price: $1,812.00 Our Price: $1,479.99 Your Save: $ 332.01 ( 18% ) Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours Manufacturer: Hewlett Packard
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Binding: Personal Computers Brand: Hewlett-Packard CPU Manufacturer: Intel CPU Speed: 2.4 CPU Type: Intel Centrino EAN: 0883585318940 Feature: Top-of-the-line multimedia desktop featuring 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Quad Processor Q6600 with four lightning fast execution cores Hard Disk Size: 640 Label: Hewlett Packard Manufacturer: Hewlett Packard Model: M9060N Processor Count: 4 Publisher: Hewlett Packard Studio: Hewlett Packard System Memory Size: 3000 System Memory Type: DDR2 SDRAM
Features Top-of-the-line multimedia desktop featuring 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Quad Processor Q6600 with four lightning fast execution cores Combo Blu-ray/HD DVD playback with dual-layer LightScribe DVD burner, TV tuner (NTSC/ATSC), PVR functionality, programming guide Dual 320 GB hard drives (640 GB total), 3 GB RAM (8 GB max), Nvidia GeForce 8500 GT graphics (1791 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 & Personal Media Drives (up to 660 GB optional storage) Pre-installed with Windows Vista Home Premium (with Media Center capabilities)
Accessories Dragon NaturallySpeaking 9 Standard [OLD VERSION] Microsoft Office Standard 2007 FULL VERSION Microsoft Office Home and Student 2007 Norton Internet Security 2008 up to 3 Users [OLD VERSION] Kaspersky Anti-Virus 7.0 [OLD VERSION]
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Spotlight customer reviews: Customer Rating: Summary: HP Pavilion Elite m9060n Desktop PC Comment: This product is refurbished and that information was not in the Amazon description and not clearly identified by the 3rd party vendor Tiger International. Since I have previously bought two refurbished computers (HP) with very negative results, I returned this item. Customer Rating: Summary: Outstanding!! Comment: This computer does it all. The piano black exterior is great to look at, and the performance is excellent. I couldn't be happier with a purchase. I did run into an issue with the power supply fan not working, however HP service was exceptional and they not only replaced the power supply, but sent someone to my home to put it in. The entire process took only a few days. Since then, the computer has been everthing I hoped it would be and more. Customer Rating: Summary: Impressive... Comment: Well, I purchased this for a excellent price form a national retailer that was/is going out of business. I am replacing my 4-5 year old Sony Desktop that I am finding hard to give up. Now, I purchased it knowing I couldn't return it if there was a problem since all sales were final. Unfortunately there was a problem, seems the TV tuner card installed in the computer was 'bad'. Knowing I couldn't send it back to the store I went trough the common steps to try and correct the problem (update/install new drivers), no luck so I called HP... Their tech phone service is great! The tech gave me a couple more options to try and again with no luck we determined the card was bad. He sent me another TV tuner card, it arrived in two days! I plugged it in and my computer works flawlessly, quick easy fix and couldn't be happier. Dell should take some pointers from the customer service rep I talked to at HP! Now on to the computer... this thing will do anything I ask it to. Very powerful and lightning fast, hard to beat the built in DVR/TV Tuner Card and the impressive video card. I don't care too much for Windows Media Center that is included with Vista but I am getting use to it, most problems I have/had with it were due to the bad TV tuner card. I have erased some of the software `junk' installed by HP, (now if they would only keep that out of the computer to begin with). For the price I bought it at I don't think you could find another Blue-ray/HD DVD equipped computer. Can't wait to give the Blue-ray a try. Having opened the computer and changed the card, I now see where users say there need to be more room in there! I am not sold on HP's pocket drive and Media Drive, I feel the space could be better used or left empty for the purchaser to decide what to use that wasted space for. Overall I am VERY impressed with this computer now if it can stand the test of time as my old Sony desktop did I will be extremely happy! Yes this computer deserves the 5-stars even with the minor and easily fixed problem. Customer Rating: Summary: Worse I have had. Comment: I purchased this computer based on the reviews and it has been nothing but trouble. I bought this as I was getting tired of building my own. I wish I would have just built my own as this computer is constructed of the type of second rate garbage that made me start to build my own in the first place. Do yourself a favor and go elsewhere. Customer Rating: Summary: A First Class Product Mix Comment: Pros: This is a first-class product mix. Vista now works well (for me) and with all my software packages including graphics (e.g., Photoshop, MS Office 2007, IE, Visio 2007, MS Project 2002 & 2007 ...). Adding my old and beloved monitor (Sony 234) went w/o problems. I have no hardware problems at all and the system meets all my needs, plus the often not inconsiderable demands of Vista. The HP updater is quite good as well, tho' maybe a bit redundant in some cases. Cons: Not liking battery changes, I'm not a "wireless" fan and wish there had been an option for wired mouse and keyboard. However, I simply removed the antenna and replaced the wireless mouse and keyboard with my old mouse and keyboard, without a hitch. More Reviews
Editorial Reviews: Enjoy the new desktop computer from HP; with the Dual Blu-ray & HD DVD drive you can enjoy all the High Definition movies available now and in the future. Feel the power of the Intel Core 2 Quad breezing through all the multiple programs you run during the day. With the Core 2 Quad you get 8MB L2 Cache and 1066MHz bus speed which is up to 30% faster than Core 2 Duo. HP M9060N has massive hard drive split onto two drives that you can backup one hard drive to the other, or simply use the second hard drive for storing all your photos, music or Videos that you can record from the built in PCI TV Tuner. If you planning on using this computer as a media center PC in your living room and have your wireless internet router in another room, don't worry about connecting to the internet because this has Wireless 802.11G to connect to the internet from anywhere in your home. NVIDIA Geforce 8500GT 512MB Graphics Memory PCI Express TV tuner card, IR Receiver Supermulti Blu-ray & HD DVD Dual Reader Drive with LightScribe drive Realtek ALC 888S chipset, supports up to 7.1 audio channels Built-in 802.11G Wireless Integrated 10/100/1000 Base-T network 15-in-1 card reader Front ports - 1 IEEE 1394, 2 USB, 1 Headphone out, 1 Microphone-in, 1 Audio L-R, 1 S-Video, 1 Composite Back ports - 1 IEEE 1394, 4 USB, 1 each Side/Rear/Center speaker out, 1 Line-in, 1 Line-out, 1 Microphone, 1 SPDIF (coaxial), 1 SPDIF in, 2 PS2 ports (keyboard, mouse), 1 RJ-11, 1 RJ-45, HDMI, dual-link DVI, S-video Expansion slots - 1 PCI (occupied), 1 PCI Express x 16 (occupied), 2 PCI Express x 1 (1 available) Drive bays - 2 x 5.25 (1 available), 2 x 3.5 (occupied), 1 Personal Media Drive (available), 1 Pocket Media Drive (available) Monitor is not included