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Submitted by Reviewer (not verified) on 8 January, 2006 - 18:00.
| HP Media Center m1090n Photosmart PC (3.60 GHz Pentium 4 (Hyper-Threading), 1 GB RAM, 250 GB Hard Drive, DVD+RW/CD-RW Drive, DVD-ROM Drive) from Hewlett Packard. The list price is around US$2719.00.
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Submitted by Reviewer (not verified) on 7 January, 2006 - 18:00.
Sony VAIO VGC-RA826G Digital Studio PC (Intel Pentium 4 Processor 550, 1 GB RAM, 250 GB Hard Drive, DVD+/-RW Dbl Layer, DVD-ROM Drive) from Sony. The list price is around US$1799.99.
This Vaio is VERY nice. Not the absolute top-of-the-line, but close. Very fast and powerful, as you would expect; and I love being able to watch and/or record my cable shows that my better half doesn't care for. :) The Vaio has better capabilities than the DVR from my cable company, and with no monthly rental.
Another great thing about this PC is convenience. For example, I moved my TV/DVD player out of my crowded home office, now that my PC can do the same thing as a TV/DVD and more.
Better still is the well-thought-out placement and generous quantity of drives, ports, and jacks on the Vaio. Now my kludged-together mess of USB hubs, extension cords, external DVD writers, and other various cr-p can all go to Goodwill, and I won't have to stand on my head to use my little Flash drive--just reach down and plug it into one of the THREE front USB ports. This was money well spent.
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