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Acer Computer AX1700-U3700A Desktop PC

$405.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.bestbuy.com
i had it up and running in about 10 minutes.
from www.bestbuy.com
amd phenom x3 cpu running at 2.1 ghz , 4 gig of ram, 320 gig hdd integrated nvidia graphics with 256 mb of video memory.
from www.bestbuy.com
about 5 mins to get up and running....-the case design itself is very cool looking.
from www.bestbuy.com
i can run large games (such as world of warcraft) very smoothly, and running other programs while doing that.
from ABoyAndHisJeep, www.newegg.com
i am running mediaportal and it records and displays hd tv content as well as local media without a hiccup.

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Positives: Fast, Compact, Nice Affordability, Processor Speed: 2.4 GHz

2 RECOMMENDED by 4 people for RUNNING

HP Pavilion Slimline Desktop

Hewlett Packard Pavilion Slimline Desktop with AMD Athlon X2 5000 Dual-Core Processor (S3700Y)

$430.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.bestbuy.com
so far it's been running smooth and hasn't given me problems, the alerts set up through hp are helpful and set up great reminders.
from www.bestbuy.com
i dont like the hp advisor/updater it tends to cause slower performance when running and most of the updates are not necessary.
from www.bestbuy.com
what's great about it:?most everything what's not so great:?keyboard sux "bought this mainly for running video and audio processing programs.
from www.bestbuy.com
vista is running fine with the 3gb of memory.
from www.bestbuy.com
uptime now about a month, with apache2, mono2, oracle 10g express & wowzamediaserver all running along with moderate hittage averaging 5-10% of each cpu.

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Positives: Fast, Easy To Use, Consistent Performance, Processor Speed: 2.6 GHz

3 RECOMMENDED by 4 people for RUNNING

Dell XPS Desktop

$2,399.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.bestbuy.com
i am impressed with vista so far that is on it and the option with running internet explorer in 64 bit or the regular 32 bit.
from www.bestbuy.com
however, this graphics card will meet any needs i have for a long time, and i imagine it will meet most users needs (great for running dual displays).
from www.bestbuy.com
i don't leave my pcs running all the time so this is not a big issue for me.
from www.bestbuy.com
the vista system is not that hard to adjust to from running xp.
from www.bestbuy.com
was running great till the hard drive crashed.

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Positives: Fast, Easy To Set Up, Great Customer Support, Processor Speed: 2.5 GHz

4 RECOMMENDED by 9 people for RUNNING

Gateway LX6810-01 Desktop PC

$683.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.bestbuy.com
no inside fan except the cpu one guest what i let on for 24 hours no heat came out of it no knows just running smooth.
from www.bestbuy.com
i can hardly hear it running.
from www.bestbuy.com
running like 4 programs at once no skips.
from www.bestbuy.com
even with itunes running in the background, i have yet to see the slightest blimp on the lag-o-meter.
from www.bestbuy.com
after wasting my time with gateway's worthless tech support, i then spent three days running all of the hardware and software diagnostics that i could.

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Positives: Fast, Good Affordability, Easy To Set Up, Processor Speed: 2.33 GHz

5 RECOMMENDED by 8 people for RUNNING

Gateway DX4200-09 Desktop PC

$430.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.bestbuy.com
for one its a quad core, now its not an really fast quad but it runs great and running at (1.83)ghz it handles anything i throw at it!
from www.bestbuy.com
to my amazement i played a very ram and cpu intensive program while having my virus and spyware software running, the program, microsoft flight simulator x with no problems at allllllll.
from www.bestbuy.com
i set this baby up in about 10 minutes and was off and running.
from www.bestbuy.com
what's not so great:?terribly slow running high end graphics (eg solid works) "great email machine, dvd watching machine all the normal stuff.
from www.bestbuy.com
i added a wireless nic with nary a hiccup and we've been running smoothly and quietly for a week.

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Positives: Fast, Excellent Affordability, Easy To Use, Processor Speed: 1.8 GHz

Compaq Presario CQ2009F Desktop PC FQ652AA#ABA

$572.00 Est. at Amazon

from TDub, www.newegg.com
other thoughts: this a solid solution for anyone that is looking for a pc replacement when all your doing is running browser/office/applications and not gaming or any application that takes a lot of
from www.amazon.com
it has the poster sized quick setup and had everything i needed to get it running.
from www.amazon.com
i should add that it was extremely easy to get up and running.
from www.amazon.com
the surprises were the size (so small i decided to place it on the table top next to the monitor) and the sound - extremely quiet running.
from www.amazon.com
i had it up and running in minutes.

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Positives: Great Affordability, Compact, Fast, Processor Speed: 1.6 GHz

HP Pavilion Desktop

Hewlett Packard Pavilion Desktop with AMD Phenom X4 9550 Quad-Core Processor (A6720Y)

$900.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.bestbuy.com
removing it through add/remove programs left my internet connection shot to &^%%, but after running the remover tool all was well again.
from www.bestbuy.com
i am a amateur radio operator and i need raw power to handle multiple applications running at the same time.
from www.amazon.com
it was easy to get up and running and my screen wasn't cluttered with a bunch of useless trial offers.

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Positives: Nice Affordability, Fast, Easy To Use, Processor Speed: 2.2 GHz

HP TOUCHSMART IQ526 PC NC700AA#ABA

Hewlett Packard TOUCHSMART IQ526 PC (NC700AA#ABA) PC Desktop

$1,180.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.bestbuy.com
antenna yet, but you can actually watch hd programming on this.very quiet, no machine running noise at all.in a wireless environment, you could actually just plug this in anywhere and use it just
from Will D., www.newegg.com
extremely quiet and only draws 150 watts so it's not like leaving a hair drier running all day.
from www.amazon.com
for example, if you push the windows key while it is running you get a floating user icon and nothing else.

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Positives: Fast, Easy To Set Up, Good Affordability, Processor Speed: 2.2 GHz

HP M9550F PAVILION ELITE DESKTOP PC FQ560AA#ABA

Hewlett Packard M9550F PAVILION ELITE M9550F DESKTOP PC (FQ560AA#ABA)

$1,003.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
i've had it up and running for over a month now and have not one glitch to report.
from www.amazon.com
i running it direct through a cable modem now but i may move it to the bed room and run it from my home network linked to a hdtv at some point in the future.
from www.amazon.com
i'm blown away, it's super fast, the fan is so noiseless, you hardly know it's running!
from Jeff, www.newegg.com
other thoughts: very quite, downfall windows doesn't have a hibernate mode any more, only standby which stinks because you bumb the table and its up and running again.
from www.amazon.com
that still uses palm's os (centro phone) and with the 64 bit vista you simply cannot get palm to hot sync with the computer unless you use bluetooth, and i still do not have that running right.

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Positives: Fast, Excellent Affordability, Easy To Set Up, Processor Speed: 2.5 GHz

ASUS Eee Box EBXB202-WHT-E0002 Intel Atom

$297.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
i don't want to sound like a salesperson here, but here is what she wrote me: "never in my life i had a computer than went running for almost a year and not give me any problem at all, be it software
from www.amazon.com
easy to hook up, tiny, and fast enough for the usual tasks - browsing, running outlook express, word processing and the like.
from www.amazon.com
no aol, norton whatever or software that's set to expire in 30 days appears to be running.

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Positives: Compact, Easy To Set Up, Easy To Use, Processor Speed: 1.6 GHz

Gateway SX2800-01 Desktop PC PT.G810X.001

$758.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
- multi tasking between all these and a winamp running has not lagged the system.
from www.amazon.com
second, the video card is good enough to run 64-bit vista, but not good enough for graphics-intensive tasks like gaming, or running dual monitors.

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Positives: Fast, Compact, Easy To Set Up, Processor Speed: 2.33 GHz

HP Pavilion Elite m9520f Desktop

Hewlett Packard Pavilion Elite m9520f Desktop

$1,350.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
i've had it up and running for over a month now and have not one glitch to report.
from www.amazon.com
i running it direct through a cable modem now but i may move it to the bed room and run it from my home network linked to a hdtv at some point in the future.
from www.amazon.com
i'm blown away, it's super fast, the fan is so noiseless, you hardly know it's running!
from www.amazon.com
that still uses palm's os (centro phone) and with the 64 bit vista you simply cannot get palm to hot sync with the computer unless you use bluetooth, and i still do not have that running right.
from www.amazon.com
customers planning on upgrading to windows 7 should be aware of the fact that this core2quad q8200 intel cpu will not support windows xp running in virtual mode of windows 7.

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Positives: Fast, Easy To Set Up, Compact, Processor Speed: 2.5 GHz

HP Pavilion Elite m9510f Desktop PC

Hewlett Packard Pavilion Elite m9510f Desktop PC

$918.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
i've had it up and running for over a month now and have not one glitch to report.
from www.amazon.com
i running it direct through a cable modem now but i may move it to the bed room and run it from my home network linked to a hdtv at some point in the future.
from www.amazon.com
i'm blown away, it's super fast, the fan is so noiseless, you hardly know it's running!
from www.amazon.com
that still uses palm's os (centro phone) and with the 64 bit vista you simply cannot get palm to hot sync with the computer unless you use bluetooth, and i still do not have that running right.
from www.amazon.com
customers planning on upgrading to windows 7 should be aware of the fact that this core2quad q8200 intel cpu will not support windows xp running in virtual mode of windows 7.

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Positives: Fast, Easy To Set Up, Compact, Processor Speed: 2.33 GHz

HP NC694AA Pavilion Elite m9515f Desktop PC

Hewlett Packard NC694AA Pavilion Elite m9515f Desktop PC

$1,005.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
i've had it up and running for over a month now and have not one glitch to report.
from www.amazon.com
i running it direct through a cable modem now but i may move it to the bed room and run it from my home network linked to a hdtv at some point in the future.
from www.amazon.com
i'm blown away, it's super fast, the fan is so noiseless, you hardly know it's running!
from www.amazon.com
that still uses palm's os (centro phone) and with the 64 bit vista you simply cannot get palm to hot sync with the computer unless you use bluetooth, and i still do not have that running right.
from www.amazon.com
customers planning on upgrading to windows 7 should be aware of the fact that this core2quad q8200 intel cpu will not support windows xp running in virtual mode of windows 7.

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Positives: Fast, Great Affordability, Easy To Use, Processor Speed: 2.5 GHz

HP M9500F PAVILION ELITE DESKTOP PC FQ562AA#ABA

Hewlett Packard M9500F PAVILION ELITE M9500F DESKTOP PC (FQ562AA#ABA)

$1,000.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
i've had it up and running for over a month now and have not one glitch to report.
from www.amazon.com
i running it direct through a cable modem now but i may move it to the bed room and run it from my home network linked to a hdtv at some point in the future.
from www.amazon.com
i'm blown away, it's super fast, the fan is so noiseless, you hardly know it's running!
from www.amazon.com
customers planning on upgrading to windows 7 should be aware of the fact that this core2quad q8200 intel cpu will not support windows xp running in virtual mode of windows 7.
from www.amazon.com
that still uses palm's os (centro phone) and with the 64 bit vista you simply cannot get palm to hot sync with the computer unless you use bluetooth, and i still do not have that running right.

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Positives: Fast, Easy To Use, Easy To Set Up, Processor Speed: 2.4 GHz

HP TouchSmart IQ804 Desktop PC

Hewlett Packard TouchSmart IQ804 Desktop PC

$1,998.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
i am used to running 6 monitors (stock trader), so despite the large screen it seems cramped.
from N/A, www.newegg.com
pros: touch screen is intuitive and completely optional in operation of computer, great screen resolution, relatively fast boot time for a computer running vista premium.

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Positives: Fast, Easy To Set Up, Easy To Use, Processor Speed: 2.16 GHz

Microsoft D1130EA1E-1 764296203261

$480.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.bestbuy.com
after 5 minutes, it was up and running.
from www.amazon.com
it's disconcerting when you're in a store and a third of the computers running vista are either locked up or just flat dead.
from N/A, www.newegg.com
if you are planning on running norton, then the unit will work straight out of the box.

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Positives: Great Affordability, Fast, Easy To Use, Hard Drive Capacity: 160 GB

HP SR5710F COMPAQ PRESARIO DESKTOP PC FQ582AA#ABA

Hewlett Packard SR5710F COMPAQ PRESARIO SR5710F DESKTOP PC (FQ582AA#ABA)

$600.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
i didn't put any screws it and it's running very quiet.
from www.amazon.com
even with the passively cooled video card, the computer seems to be running nice and cool so far.

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Positives: Easy To Use, Fast, Nice Affordability, Processor Speed: 2.3 GHz

HP FQ563AA Pavilion a6750f Desktop PC

Hewlett Packard FQ563AA Pavilion a6750f Desktop PC

$733.00 Est. at Amazon

from Spitzlab, www.newegg.com
it's quiet and i sometimes don't think it's running.
from www.amazon.com
it was easy to get up and running and my screen wasn't cluttered with a bunch of useless trial offers.
from www.amazon.com
running dpc latency check, spikes were consistently high, almost always in the red.
from www.amazon.com
and when running dual boot with linux this box really screams.
from Northwest, www.newegg.com
a quad core phenom + radeon hd 4830 all running from a 300w power supply, in a very small case, still quiet with acceptable temperatures!

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Positives: Easy To Set Up, Great Affordability, Fast, Processor Speed: 2.3 GHz

HP Touchsmart Iq506

Hewlett Packard Touchsmart Iq506, Refurbished (KQ437AAR#ABA) PC Desktop

$1,175.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
the connections were a breeze and i had the desktop up and running 20 mins after opening it.
from www.amazon.com
it did take about 20 minutes after starting to setup vista but all went well and i was up an running easily.
from www.amazon.com
i figured my unit was defective and was about to call hp, but then i tried running my finger along the inside edges of the screen, which caused it to suddenly start working.
from www.amazon.com
even set up requires only the power plug and you're up and running.
from www.amazon.com
the system is easy to sit up and get running.

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Positives: Easy To Use, Compact, Great Affordability, Processor Speed: 2.16 GHz

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Acer Computer AX1700-U3700A Desktop PC

HP Pavilion Slimline Desktop

Dell XPS Desktop

Gateway LX6810-01 Desktop PC

Gateway DX4200-09 Desktop PC

Compaq Presario CQ2009F Desktop PC FQ652AA#ABA

HP Pavilion Desktop

HP TOUCHSMART IQ526 PC NC700AA#ABA

HP M9550F PAVILION ELITE DESKTOP PC FQ560AA#ABA

ASUS Eee Box EBXB202-WHT-E0002 Intel Atom

Gateway SX2800-01 Desktop PC PT.G810X.001

HP Pavilion Elite m9520f Desktop

HP Pavilion Elite m9510f Desktop PC

HP NC694AA Pavilion Elite m9515f Desktop PC

HP M9500F PAVILION ELITE DESKTOP PC FQ562AA#ABA

HP TouchSmart IQ804 Desktop PC

Microsoft D1130EA1E-1 764296203261

HP SR5710F COMPAQ PRESARIO DESKTOP PC FQ582AA#ABA

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