The PA-8700 processor is based on PA-RISC technology and provides customers with excellent performance and investment protection as well as increased system reliability and... more
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The PA-8700 processor is based on PA-RISC technology and provides customers with excellent performance and investment protection as well as increased system reliability and functionality. The PA-8700 processor provides customers a choice in speed requirements and continues the leadership of its predecessor, the PA-8600. The PA-8700 processor delivers enhanced application performance with 2.25 megabytes of on-chip data cache (.75 MB) and instruction cache (1.50 MB) - a 50 percent increase and more than offered by any other vendor. Although running at higher frequencies than the PA-8600 processor, the PA-8700 processor's copper interconnect allows it to run cooler with lower power consumption and high conductivity throughput for faster performance and enhanced reliability. The processor design, based on the state-of-the-art 0.18-micron silicon-on-insulator copper CMOS process, delivers more transactions in less time. Customers will benefit from the PA-8700 processor's full compatibility with previous PA-RISC processors. Upgrades are easy and require no need for software migration. As opposed to similar upgrades in competitive servers, which are often expensive and cumbersome, a simple "board swap" is all that is required for customers to take advantage of the PA-8700 processor. Upgrading to the PA-8700 processor also helps protect memory, disk and graphics component investments because customers can continue to use their current system components.
...The Hewlett packard pavillion 8690 is a great desktop pc. this is what i use often to get access to the internet and to play games on.
it has an AMD athlon 650MHzprocessor which is quick but there are other pc's with a lot better processors but it is fine for my own use.
the hard drive is 15gb which is great because loads of things can be stored on its memory and i can install loads of programmes on it and still ahve plenty of space.
it also comes with an 8 speed dvd player and a cd re-writer so i can copy discs and put my favourite music onto discs and make copys of vital files.
the computer also comes equipped with a 56kbps modem so it is internet ready. It is also ready for broadband use.
it is a great computer to have and with the features above it does make it stand out a little bit from its competetors....
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Advantages: Light weight tiny Laptop Disadvantages: As it 2 or 3 years old a bit slow
...We bought the Compaq Armada M300 as a Christmas present for our 13 year old daughter, mainly for 2 reasons, to run Microsoft Encarta to enable her to do her HOMEWORK! And to run the Sims, she’d been asking for this for about 2 years and we were loathed to load it on the family’s computer for fear that nobody else would get a look in!
The Computer, we found on E-Bay for £145 plus £18 postage, we were not particularly looking for a Compaq, but rather any Laptop that had a processor that met the Sims minimum requirement ( that being PII 300).
The Compaq far surpassed that! And so we went ahead and made the purchase via Paypal on Sunday night and much to our delight it arrive at 7.30am on Tuesday morning.
The only problem, now was that the standard Compaq Armada comes without any external Drives and so we set about finding a CD...
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Advantages: Fully installed and ready to go Disadvantages: It installs extra software that is not needed
...This is another package from Hewlett Packard which at the time when bought out was reasonable priced. Nowadays you can pickup a package like this between £100 and £250 depending on any upgrades. Usually the processor is around 600mhz and can be upgraded to around 1000mhz. The only problem with this machine is of the L2 cache installed on the main board. The more L2 cache the quicker and easier the processor can handle information. The maximum memory my machine could take was 512mb but not sure on the higher spec machines. My machine came with a scrolling mouse which many machines didn't have. All machines that i knew of came with Windows 98 but this can be wiped and Windows 2000 or even XP can easily be installed with 128mb memory. My PC came installed with Windows 98 and a few other programs installed, these other programs were...
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The HP iPAQ 214 Enterprise Handheld is an advanced piece of kit which you can comfortably take with you anywhere you go, almost like a mini laptop! It actually runs on a 624MHz processor, I remember my first ever PC which was 133MHz, that really does put more
This printer is great if not outstanding value for money. I bought this because of it's 'all in one' features and was very impressed. The instruction manual was easy to follow and set-up was quick. Highly recommended for those who want great quality... more
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Remember the bad old days when new appliances came without a plug, and if you were foolish enough not to buy a separate plug, you had to wait till the next day (and the opening of shops) to purchase one and... more
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