Product DescriptionDesigned for exceptional performance The HP Pavilion Elite delivers an amazing high-end home entertainment experience, DX10 3D Mainstream gaming, and power for the most demanding PC tasks. This premium PCs enhanced features and technology puts everything you need where you want it. The Pavilion Elite PC features a built-in wireless antenna for fast, flexible 802.11b/g/n wireless networking. Windows Vista Home Premium 64-bit edition with Service Pack 1 lets you take full advantage of the 64-bit processor and expanded system memory. One touch of the HP Easy Backup button lets you back up your files instantly, helping to protect irreplaceable photos and files. The NVIDIA GeForce 9800 graphics card accelerates the Microsoft Windows Vista experience, powering Microsoft DirectX 9 and DirectX 10 games. The SuperMulti DVD burner with LightScribe technology lets you etch custom, silkscreen-quality labels and artwork directly onto LightScribe-enabled CDs and DVDs. A recessed landing pad on top of the chassis offers a convenient place for connecting USB and FireWire devices. The front-panel 15-in-1 memory card reader makes it easy to transfer photos, music, and other files to and from your digital camera and other peripheral devices.Latest processor technology Intel Core 2 Quad is the latest cutting-edge processor technology for the desktop PC. Based on the new Intel Core micro-architecture, Intel Core 2 Quad processors include four complete execution cores for unprecedented performance and responsiveness in multithreaded and multitasking business and home-use environments.Capability meets possibilityThe 64-bit edition of Windows Vista Home Premium with Service Pack 1 is for serious computer users who have advanced high-performance needs. This latest edition integrates Windows Vista innovation with cutting-edge PC hardware to deliver expanded memory, stronger security, and enhanced reliability. Security features such as Data Execution Prevention...
What Others Say
Defective out of the box - poor customer support.
In terms of speed, the computer is fine. However, I won't bore you with a long review but instead list my gripes with this system which explains why I will not buy another HP again:
1) For $1,200.00 you should have two DVD drives, not one. I was aware of this when I bought it and I have an additional external drive that I use, but for this price, you should have two installed on the machine.
2) Out of the box, my media card reader was completely dead (defective). Now, we use HP computers at work, and out of 8 machines, 5 of them have had issues with their media card readers either right out of the box, or within a short time of using the machines. For a $300 computer you could almost understand it, but again, ... Read More
Great, superfast computer for an amazing price
I recently purchased this computer and am extremely pleased with its high speed performance. Great for film editing as well as many other functions. It's lightening fast and has an incredible 8GB Ram, large 750 GB (actually 686GB) hard drive as well as a superfast processor.
For the price, you'll be hard pressed to find a better deal.
Generally positive
Worked well out of the box, better when I got rid of the garbage software, games, etc., that comes with all HP computers. My purpose was to run graphics programs, Photoshop, Lightroom quickly and well. It does that superbly; the fastest PC I have used. A bonus is that the computer case is very quiet, with no audible fan noise during normal operation. The various slots for insertion of HP's proprietary removable drives are of no value to me. Most of us would want a transportable drive to be useable on any other PC, not just another HP PC. My biggest gripe is the lack of a disk to reinstall the operating system or portions of it separately if needed. The built in push-one-button backup system using Microsoft's backup program is also pretty ... Read More
M9450f big bang for a low price!
I just purchased this item and, for the money, it's hard to beat. Frankly, it's faster than my $3,500 less than a year old quad machine at work!
Pros:
- Quiet
- Fast
- well loaded
Cons:
- case seems small and I worry a bit about heat (no problems though)
- 2nd cd/DVD drive would have been nice
- better sound card (X-FI) would have been nice
All in all, a great buy and really fast! I purchased and returned an HP TouchSmart right before this and the M9450 is twice as fast as the TouchSmasrt and doesn't have the major ergonomic issues of the TouchSmart...
