HP Point of Sale System rp5000 - P4 2.4 GHz

Advantages: Small Form Factor, Enhanced Cooling, Easy to service
Disadvantages: Processor speed is not the fastest around

...HP really have got it completely right with this box. If you're looking for a PC based till, then this is the box for you. Using the standard desktop PC as a base, adding some extras, and targetting it at a specific use really has worked here. The RP5000 is very similar to the HP Compaq Small form factor desktops, however, they've taken into account the fact the box needs to be able to cope with the less than ideal situations a shop floor can bring. They have added an extra cooling fan which is thermal controlled allowing the box to be used in small and often confined spaces. Other manufacturers in this area offer solutions with either serial or USB ports. The RP5000 offers both 12V and 24V powered USB, and 4 (yes 4) RS232 serial ports. This allows retailers to future proof their purchase because they have the option to upgrade... Read review

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Advantages: Very fast, highly overclockable, quite cheap now
Disadvantages: None

...The Intel Pentium 4 series has taken a few turns over the last couple of years with faster and faster processors being released and on many different formats, i'll do my best to offer a small insight and background into those previous products (as i feel this is very relevant in order to explain my reviewed products features and capabilities better). The Pentium 4 series started way back in 2001 with the introduction of the P4 1.4ghz CPU running on a 100mhz front side bus, and required motherboards in a socket 423 format, the core of this processor was named 'Willamette' and was widely available of systems supporting RDRAM only, later that year there were many other P4 releases (1.5ghz upwards) and also came the introduction of systems supporting the noticably slower SDRAM which proved a massive hit to joe public as it was a far... Read review

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Advantages: Flexible, Robust, Easy to service
Disadvantages: No USB ports on front

...As with many Compaq models you have the option of setting up your PC as a tower or dektop, and this Evo is one. In addition, you are also able to change the position of the CD/DVD & Floppy drives as required. So whether the case is standing on edge or lying on its side, the CD-ROM and DVD drives have their typical horizontal placement. HP also includes an extensive array of sophisticated manageability tools for system administrators, the Intelligent Manageability software suite encompasses tools for such remote management activities as system diagnostics via a Web browser, system wake-up, and the ability to disable USB and serial ports and to lock down the BIOS to secure boot-up sequences. The keyboard has programmable hot-keys for accessing the Internet. The base configuration of the D510 has integrated graphics. And for businesses... Read review

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