I find that far fetched. It's just a collection<div>of fairly standard parts. But for assembly,</div><div>I'm not even sure there's anything in the</div><div>system that HP makes. It probably does </div><div>get good quantity discounts on components.</div>
<div><br></div><div>But one reads many things.</div><div><div><br></div><div> -- Bob</div><div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 6:20 PM, Topher <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:topher@codeventure.net">topher@codeventure.net</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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Topher,<br>
That HP Looks nice and the price is right!<br>
The pci-e makes adding graphics a great option (I may even have a<br>
spare card lying around).<br>
I'm running several HP's and am pretty happy with them.<br>
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Yeah, I decided not to go for it for a couple reasons. One is that I don't quite need a machine yet. The other is that I read some reviews that said those particular models tend to only last about a year and then everything seems to fall apart. :(<br>
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On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 6:06 AM, Adam Tauno Williams<br>
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I really suck at hardware. I don't follow what's new, I have no idea what<br>
makes one processor better than another blah blah blah.<br>
That said, does this look any good?<br>
<a href="http://www.staples.com/HP-Pavilion-p6710f-Desktop-PC/product_918389" target="_blank">http://www.staples.com/HP-Pavilion-p6710f-Desktop-PC/product_918389</a><br>
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For the price point the machine looks pretty nice.<br>
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On caveats are that the Athlon II isn't a terribly impressive CPU<br>
<<a href="http://www.cpubenchmark.net/common_cpus.html" target="_blank">http://www.cpubenchmark.net/common_cpus.html</a>> and the ATI series of<br>
GPUs can be a irritating with regards to compatibility; Nvidia is<br>
always a safe bet.<br>
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