Product Description

The perfect PC for photos, video and music, the HP Pavilion A6500F desktop PC includes a variety of features that make taking and sharing digital pictures easier than ever. As you would expect from the leader in consumer PCs and PhotoSmart printers, the A6500F PC gives you the tools to make working with digital photos and video clips fun and convenient. The front-panel 15-in-1 memory card reader makes it easy to transfer photos and files to and from your digital camera and other peripheral devices. The A6500F PC features an exclusive Pocket Media Drive bay that allows you to add instant storage. The Pocket Media Drive also works with any USB enabled PC. The SuperMulti DVD burner with LightScribe Technology lets you create custom, silkscreen-quality labels and artwork directly onto LightScribe-enabled CD and DVD discs. 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 brings together Windows Vista innovation with cutting-edge PC hardware to deliver access to vast amounts of memory, stronger security, and a new level of reliability. Security features such as Data Execution Prevention (DEP) and Microsoft's PatchGuard provide an additional layer of security against threats, while increased memory capabilities improve the performance of applications with heavy memory demands. Windows Vista Service Pack 1 provides the latest operating system improvements and enhancements from Microsoft.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1220 in Personal Computers
• Brand: Hewlett-Packard
• Model: A6500F
• Dimensions: 16.28" h x 9.64" w x 6.89" l, 25.60 pounds
• CPU: Intel Core Duo 2.2 GHz
• Memory: 4000MB DDR2 SDRAM
• Hard Disk: 500GB
• Processors: 2

Features

• Desktop PC with 2.40 GHz Intel Pentium dual core E2220 processor with 1 MB L2 cache
• 4096 MB PC2-6400 DDR2 SDRAM memory (2x2048 MB), 500 GB 7200rpm serial ATA hard drive
• NVIDIA GeForce 7100 with TurboCache , 128 MB dedicated graphics memory
• SuperMulti DVD Burner with LightScribe Technology
• Genuine Windows Vista Home Premium 64-bit, dims in inches 16.28 (L) x 6.89 (W) x 15.24 (H/D) approx., 22 lbs.

Customer Reviews

AVOID HP!
I purchased this PC at a very good price, but I wish I had researched it more thoroughly. My problem is with 64-bit VISTA Home Premium, which is incompatible with many of my software programs, including my CA Security Suite. The money I saved on the computer will be lost in purchasing updated versions of software. If I had had the option of buying this PC with Windows XP, it would have been a great deal. The PC does not include speakers, and the Polk Audio speakers supplied with my old HP Pavillion 754n are only capable of producing a barely audible volume. Apparently I have to obtain speakers with an amplifier.

The most annoying thing of all is that an HP Photosmart all-in-one C3180 purchased in May '07 won't work with this pc. The C3180 website does contain a purported driver download compatible with 64-bit VISTA, but at the end of a long download and installation, one is greeted with the error message that the software is NOT compatible with 64-bit VISTA. Thus a nearly new printer-scanner-fax has become a doorstop. No one at HP seems interested in helping me with this problem.

All that said, the pc is a powerful, fast machine. For anyone for whom the 64-bit VISTA does not present a problem, (such as someone willing and able to purchase all new software and peripherals) it's a good buy.

Two-month update: The on-off switch is broken! I didn't mistreat it in any way but I now (until I get it repaired) have to use a knife or box cutter to pry up the switch just to start the pc. Ridiculously poor workmanship! I have spent two hours on the telephone and online trying to find one simple piece of information: where and how do i get this fixed? HP "Totalcare" online takes one around in circles. The telephone automated attendant purgatory has DISCONNECTED me three times. AVOID HP!

Great Computer
The Greatest Computer every created. The 4 GB Memory makes the computer super fast, easy to use configurations. This computer is the computer to for anyone looking for a new computer.

Freezes all the time!
My dad bought this computer as our third HP for our house. He uses it primarily for internet use (email, research, etc.) NOTHING that would cause a memory drain and yet it still freezes at random! He's gotten so sick of trying to use it that it barely gets used. I've switched over from Internet Explorer to Mozilla Firefox and turned off most other programs including the Sidebar and anything that doesn't NEED to run yet it still has too many problems to have my faith.

I'm not sure I'll go with HP after this experience. I want something that's reliable with 4GB of RAM and a 2.4GHz processor! It's a good thing he doesn't actually use the HD/save much on it or I'd be afraid he'd lose things all the time.