Desktops & Servers > 3 GHz and higher Desktops & Servers > Media centre

Advantages: Looks good, fits good, plays DVDs and you can rip them
Disadvantages: Media Center, strange design, strange remote and flashing standby mode

I have been using this machine for almost two years (? - is it possible?) and indeed at first I was amazed by the possibilities. Afterwards, I was shocked by what it cannot do. Why Microsoft doesn't implement ANY management of internet radios in their "Media" Center? No idea. Why the music management is so poor (compared to iTunes)? Why there is no Movie database management? Why I cannot rename a recorded TV programme? I was very disappointed discovering ...
...by the Windows settings, that I had to buy a set-top box anyway. So after a year of recording analogue TV, the fun was over. No TV on Media Center, no recordings. Not mentioning another remote on our table. Remote? Why the hell Microsoft doesn't provide Language(Audio) and Title buttons on their remote? It is incredibly complicated to set the audio track once a movie has started. To the PC itself - it gets noisy when solving something (gets hot ... Read review

Advantages: ideal all round PC for work games and home entertainment
Disadvantages: dosent come with a dial up modem

I've had my HP m7480.uk for over 2 years now its been running vista ultimate for the last year which it has been running faultlessly it has the Intel Pentium D 3.2 dual core processor, 2046mb of ddr2 ram which cope with multi tasking and video editing perfectly. the removable 300gb media drive is good for transferring data and backing data up safely the internal drives consist of 180gb sata c.drive and a 200gb sata d.drive which can be good for saving ...
..., radio card works brilliantly which is helped along with the 512mb nvidia geforce 6200gt gpu which copes with most gaming issues that you can throw at it. the system deals with most tasks that I've thrown at it i do a lot of video editing which it deals with smoothly. the only draw backs i have discovered is the standard wireless mouse uses its batteries quickly and for users wishing to send a fax or use dial up it dosent come with a dial up modem ... Read review

Advantages: Very reliable and able to do all common tasks
Disadvantages: Costly as faster machines can be brought for the same money

...is only annoying if a demanding task is being done In conclusion i blieve the benefits outweigh the costs and if you want a reliable pc where you don't have to fork out bucket loads on guarantee for the product, the hp m7580.uk is the way to go! ... Read review

Advantages: All-round entertainment system that keeps up with the best.
Disadvantages: Graphocs card could do with upgrading.

...dissapoint. First of all its HP so you know you're going to get the good quality and performance. Especially with a pentium 4 3.2Ghz. So, the good bits:- Performance: Excellent performance will keep up with the high end machines anyday. Media: Has a massive 250GB Hard Drive aswell as a very stylish removable hard drive (160GB). It is going to take me a very long time before i run out of space!! OS: Comes with Media Center 2005 which i have to ...
...OS and would rate it 10/10 any day. I love the fact that i can watch my TV on my pc and navigate with the remote control. DVD-RW... Up to speed DVD rewrite with a massive bonus! LIGHTSCRIBE!!! you can label your dvds using your drive..!!! Bad Bits:- Graphics Card: this is th only nad peice of the pc. well for me anyway. The ATI Radeon x600 is up to most games but not so many of the new ones. This is becuase a lot of the new games require vertex ... Read review

Advantages: fast, easy to use and it has windows media centre
Disadvantages: to many included free trials

I bought this PC 2 monts ago and it was such a great improvement on the last PC which had only 256mb of ram, and a celeron procesor. The media centre edition makes it great for watching movies and freeview. The high spec of this machine makes surfing the web easy and fast so you have time for other things, I kissed goodbye to 10 minute boot ups so if you are having the same problem then buy this machine. This machines conectivity is incredable making ...
...port, a 56k modem for if you still have dial up or your broadband conection has broken and it has a fire wire port (I have no firewire devices so it is useless to me but it could be handy for you). The TV tuner is great for freeview and Windows Media centre makes its use so easy so i would recomend it to anyone. ... Read review