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List Price: $2,200.00
Our Price: $1,679.98
Your Save: $ 520.02 ( 24% )
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
Manufacturer: Hewlett Packard
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Binding: Personal Computers
Brand: Hewlett-Packard
Color: Black/ Silver
CPU Manufacturer: Intel
CPU Speed: 2.5
CPU Type: Intel Core Duo
EAN: 0883585738984
Feature: Top-of-the-line multimedia desktop featuring 2.5 GHz Intel Core 2 Quad Processor Q9300 from 45nm Penryn line with four lightning fast execution cores
Hard Disk Size: 1000
Label: Hewlett Packard
Manufacturer: Hewlett Packard
Model: M9280F
Processor Count: 4
Publisher: Hewlett Packard
Studio: Hewlett Packard
System Memory Size: 4000
System Memory Type: DDR2 SDRAM
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Features
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Top-of-the-line multimedia desktop featuring 2.5 GHz Intel Core 2 Quad Processor Q9300 from 45nm Penryn line with four lightning fast execution cores
TV tuner (NTSC/ATSC), PVR functionality, programming guide, dual Blu-ray/HD DVD playback, and 16x dual-layer LightScribe DVD drive
Dual 500 GB hard drives (1 TB total), 4 GB RAM (8 GB max), Nvidia GeForce 8800 GT graphics (512 MB of GDDR3 dedicated memory)
Quad-mode Wi-Fi LAN (802.11a/b/g/n), Gigabit Ethernet, six USB 2.0, two FireWire, drive bays available for HP Pocket & Personal Media Drives (up to 660 GB optional storage)
Pre-installed with the 64-bit version of Windows Vista Home Premium (Service Pack 1); wireless keyboard and mouse, IR remote control
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Editorial Reviews:
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With the Pavilion Elite M9280F desktop you get Intel's Core 2 Quad processor with 4GB RAM for unprecedented performance and responsiveness in multi-tasking business and home use environments. NVIDIA GeForce 8800GT with 512MB dedicated graphics are essential for high performance DirectX 10 gaming and watching brilliant high definition Blu-ray DVD & HD DVD on your PC or TV. The built-in TV tuner and personal video recorder (PVR) let you watch, pause, rewind, and record up to 635 hours of live television with the 1000GB hard drive. You have Internet access anywhere in your home with the built-in 802.11N wireless. The 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 provides access to larger amounts of memory, stronger security, and a new level of reliability. NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT with 512MB dedicated with up to 1791MB Shared Graphics Memory NTSC TV tuner over-the-air ATSC high-definition television tuner and FM tuner (antenna included) Blu-ray/HD DVD player & LightScribe SuperMulti DVD+-R/RW with Double Layer High Definition Audio, 8 speaker configurable Built-in 802.11A/B/G/N Wireless 10/100/1000Mbps Ethernet LAN 15-in-1 card reader Front ports - 2 x USB, IEEE 1394, Composite Video-in Back ports - 4 x USB, IEEE 1394, 2 x PS2 ports (keyboard, mouse), Digital Audio In/Out, Microphone/Line-in/Line-out, Center (subwoofer), Rear speaker-out, RJ-45 (LAN), RJ-11 (Modem), S-video-in, DVI Expansion slots - 1 x PCI (occupied), 2 x PCI Express x1 (occupied), 1 x PCI Express x16 (occupied) Drive bays - 2 x external 5.25 (one available), 1 x external 3.5 (occupied), 2 x internal 3.5 (occupied) Monitor is not included
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Blue Ray & HD DVD copy protected, so don't belive the hype!
Comment: hi, anyone having trouble playing the Blue-Ray AND HD dvd player? it keeps telling me "content protected" the content is not allowed to play in the current display mode. When I put in ANY regular DVD & it plays without any problems. The advertising is SO misleading! I really regret HP Pavilion Elite M9280f. There is NOTHING ELITE about it.
Customer Rating:
Summary: This desktop is junk
Comment: I bout this about 5 months ago, I've download songs off the internet, and other games.
But some of the game it has problems with Like "Age Of Empires 3" I even download that patch from www.agecommunity.com this only worked for 1 day. Then I had problem starting my computer up, and i had to restore it, now It's not accepting DVD'S. I don't know what is wrong with it, but it has a problem with software. Also it was making funny click type noises after I downloaded "Age of Empires 3".
Customer Rating:
Summary: Great HP computer
Comment: Typing on this awesome computer right now. Purchased it for $1100 and it was a real steal. Listed now for between 1600 and 1990, I definitely recommend buying this item. DO NOT BUY THE DESKTOP SERVICE PLAN!! I cancelled after getting the warranty information and it about gave me a heart attack trying to get the refund. This has been a super computer with absolutely NO problems and the picture on the combined HP monitor, HP w2207h, for an additonal 300 bucks is fantastic. I definitely recommend this!! Good luck.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Outstanding
Comment: I would have to say it's one of the best purchases I've made in awhile. System runs great and I've had no problems running any of my legacy 32bit programs.
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Summary: Powerful computer for the money
Comment: After many years as a computer programmer one thing I know is that software developers will use all available hardware resources as they design new systems(as they should). This means that you need a computer that will anticipate future 'heavy duty' software. With the HP m9260f you get massive amount of disk storage (two 500gb drives) and a fairly large main memory 4gb. The first thing I did was buy another 4gb main memeory, making a total of 8gb. Note that you are replacing 4 x 1gb with 4 x 2gb so you actually need to buy 2 pairs of memory, a little over $200. Then I bought the HP 500gb personal drive for $160 which ups the total hard drive capacity to 1.5 tb. I hope this much hardware will last for awhile.
Another major plus factor of this computer is the Vista 64 bit operating system, which some view a big negative, is actually required to take advantage of the large RAM (look for most future software to be written for the 64 bit operating system). Much of the sofwtware I was running would not load or download because it wasn't compatable. Most vendors are modifying ther systems to run under Vista 64bit but there are still plenty that are not. My Epson scanner software isn't available, I had to upgrade my photoshop to a new version. This is all painful and somewhat expensive but I think in the long run it will payoff.
Last thing, you don't need to buy the model with the Blu Ray but it is kind of nice to watch the HI Def movies with the computer. I did buy the HP w2408h 24" LCD monitor at $450 to take advantage of the Blu Ray -- it is really good.
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