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Advantages: Good value for money, Strong specs
Disadvantages: Vista

...word I can use for HP is trust. I never have serious issues with HP servers or workstations. This workstation is very solid looking, if a bit bland. It has a good quality feel and seems bullet-proof! It has an incredibly powerful processor and a decent amount of Ram, which is what makes all the difference when doing work. Dare I say it, but put a decent graphics card in an you would have a decent gaming machine! This is a business workstation, ...
...is perhaps unfair to criticise HP for a Microsoft product, but is part of the purchase price. I have found that it tends to crash and slow down at the most ridiculous times, and it gets incredibly irritating. Rather than staying away from it altogether though, just wait for the next service pack. Interestingly, the machine scores 3.2 in the Windows Vista performance test, which is a pretty good score for a workstation. Very good value for money, ... Read review

Advantages: price
Disadvantages: quality

I bought the Dell Inspiron 531 for just under £400. I suppose depending on what you need is the only way to tell you if this is a good product. Obviously, i own one and i have to say it's not one of my smartest ideas; now, after just 5 months roughly, when i switch it on the bar at the bottom doesn't work (unless I'm extremely lucky) therefore have been left to use alt and the arrows. Even before buying it, i knew that athlon isn't very good in ...
...(in my opinion). The Dell Inspiron 531 can handle 6 usbs at one time, takes normal memory cards and has easy and accessible jacks for headphones etc. Furthermore it already has Dvd writer capabilty and you can add another disk drive your self. General MPN: D08517-UK Type: PC Product Form Factor: Tower Width: 17 cm Depth: 43.5 cm Height: 36.2 cm Weight: 12.7 kg Localisation: United Kingdom Processor Type: AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+ Multi-Core ... Read review

Advantages: fast, powerful, reliable machine
Disadvantages: quite expensive

My friend has one of these and seems to really like it and recommended it to me. I already have a great pc so decided instead to review it here. It looks like your typical base unit and it performs well at the tasks that my mate uses it for, which is for gaming purposes and surfing the net. Its a popular gaming desktop pc and has a powerful NVidia GeForce 7300LE 336MB TurboCache graphics card to allow for full 3d gaming. Must say i was impressed ...
...4400 which measures up quite well against Intel's Core2Duo range of cpus. Coupled with 2GB of DDR2 ram and a 250 GB hard drive its an impressive machine that should reasonably handle all of your needs. I mean if it can handle top-spec games with high graphics requirements than it can absolutely handle your work and other leasure needs. I particularly like the 7 USB 2.0 outlets on the back which my friend really needs for all his little desktop gadgets. ... Read review

Advantages: Fast and easy to upgrade
Disadvantages: not the most attractive (if your into astetics)

...I was very pleased to find all the hp products and support that i was looking for easy to access and all help services are pre-installed on the machine so accessories and peripherals are easy to add at a later date. I hope this helps you choose this wonderfull pc. ... Read review

Advantages: Quick, Cheap
Disadvantages: Better (albeit more expensive products) are out there

...* Hard disk controller HP Embedded 6 Port SATA Controller with embedded RAID (4 ports for HDD) * Internal drive bays Four 3.5" Non Hot Plug SATA * Optical drives DVD-RW * Internal mass storage Maximum 2 TB (4 x 500 GB) SATA System features * Chassis type Micro ATX Tower * Chipset Intel 3200 Chipse Networking & Expansion * Network interface Embedded NC105i PCIe Gigabit Server Adapter * External I/O ports Parallel - 0; Serial - 1; Pointing ...
...- 1; USB - 8 total (4 rear, 2 front panel, 2 internal (one for USB Tape connectivity)); Network RJ-45 (Ethernet) - 1; Management: Optional Lights-Out 100c Remote Management port * Expansion slots Expansion Slots: Slot 1: 32-bit/33MHz PCI at 3.3V slot; Slot 2, 3: PCI-Express x8 connector with x1 link; Slot 4: PCI-Express X8 connector with x8 link Power * Power supply type 365 Watts Power Supply * Power requirements 90 to 132 VAC, 180 to 264 VAC; ... Read review