HP Pavilion Media Center TV m8000n PC

Want to be able to consolidate, organize, and enjoy movies, music, TV shows, photos, and videos? You can take charge of your digital entertainment, listening, and viewing when you want, with the Pavilion Media Center TV m8000n. The HP Pavilion Media Center TV m8000n series is a high-end Media Center tower built for the multimedia enthusiast. Features include dual-core AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200+ processor, 2GB of memory, 500GB of drive space, DVD burner, IR remote and TV tuners. With the recent demise of the HP Digital Entertainment Center series, the m8000n will likely be touted as the "media server" that supplies entertainment content to HP MediaSmart TVs and Xbox 360 Media Extenders.

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Price as Tested: $949.99 List
Type: Media
Processor Family: AMD Athlon 64 X2
RAM: 2 GB
Storage Capacity: 500 GB
Graphics Card: nVidia GeForce 6150
Primary Optical Drive: DVD+RW (Plus), DVD-RW (Minus)

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Xoxide X-UFO Ultimate Aluminum Cube Case

The Xoxide X-UFO Ultimate Aluminum Cube Case is the Humvee of computer cases. Constructed entirely of 2-mm industrial-grade aluminum, this massive 18-inch metal cube provides a tremendous amount of room for exotic lighting, custom cooling systems, and its five external 5.25-inch and nine internal 3.5-inch drive bays.
The bare-bones chassis includes three large acrylic windows, cut-outs for a mind-numbing 11 fans, chrome front-panel switches, and a set of medium-duty casters. You can remove the drive bays, the motherboard tray, and the backplane, and Xoxide plans to offer interchangeable drive bay modules for buyers who prefer different configurations. All three acrylic panes are fitted into the case's U-shaped wraparound cover, which removes them from harm's way whenever you work inside.
With 14 thumbscrews attaching its huge cover, the X-UFO can be cumbersome to open, but a bigger complaint is our evaluation unit's soft, easily marred untreated aluminum surface. Xoxide evidently agrees; the company recently announced red and high-gloss black powder-coated versions that have much tougher finishes.
The X-UFO isn't cheap, but sometimes you do get what you pay for. We've never seen anything like it.

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XClio Godspeed One Advanced Fully Black Finish

New special cooling system with twin blue illuminated 180mm fans on side panel and twin 4cm blue LED fans on the top panel provides you an extreme cooling solution. All fans are adjustable. There are also four external 5.25", two 3.5" external and five 3.5" internal bays. And they're all tool-less, it's easy for your installation. If you are looking for a sturdy chassis with an excellent cooling system and economic price, there's no doubt that Godspeed One Advanced is your best choice and it's even beyond your expectation.

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Panasonic Toughbook CF-U1

If you're considering a Panasonic Toughbook, it's likely that your priorities are relatively different from that of the average consumer. Rugged laptops are designed to meet the adverse conditions that people in the military, construction, and various outdoor professions may face—and come through unscathed. That said, a laptop still needs to have some basic elements in order to ensure a decent user experience. Although the Panasonic CF-U1 ($2,500 street) has some neat features—like hot-swappable twin batteries and options for GPS, 3G mobile broadband, and extensions like fingerprint readers and bar code scanners—its basic usability is lacking. The CF-U1's screen is tiny, its keyboard is nearly impossible to type on, and the labsence of any sort of navigational aid (like a touchpad or pointing stick) for its otherwise finicky screen make this pricey tablet extremely difficult to use, let alone recommend.

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Price as Tested: $2,500.00 Street
Type: Ultraportable, Tablet, Business
Operating System: MS Windows XP Professional
Processor Name: Intel Atom Z520
Processor Speed: 1.33 GHz
RAM: 1 GB
Weight: 2.3 lb
Screen Size: 5.6 inches
Screen Size Type: widescreen
Graphics Card: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 500
Storage Capacity: 16 GB
Networking Options: 802.11n
Primary Optical Drive: External

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HP TouchSmart TX2z

Building on the success of its TouchSmart IQ816, an all-in-one desktop with a massive touch screen, HP decided to make a mobile version. Since the HP Pavilion tx2000z already had touch and tablet features built in, it was the obvious candidate to inherit the IQ816's intuitive interface. The HP TouchSmart TX2z takes its touch capabilities further. It's the first Windows-based multitouch (responsive to specific gestures made with more than one finger) tablet, trumping the IQ816's single-touch functions. Being the first to market, however, does not guarantee success. Its fan noise is almost unbearable, the multitouch functions are buggy, and a bloated software suite is crippling.

FEATURES:

Price as Tested: $1,524.00 Direct
Type: General Purpose, Media, Tablet
Operating System: Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium
Processor Name: Mobile AMD Turion 64 X2 Ultra XM-86
Processor Speed: 2.4 GHz
RAM: 4 GB
Weight: 4.9 lb
Screen Size: 12.1 inches
Screen Size Type: widescreen
Graphics Card: ATI Radeon HD 3200
Storage Capacity: 400 GB
Networking Options: 802.11n
Primary Optical Drive: Dual-Layer DVD+/-RW

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KidzMouse Disney Keys

Lure your little one to the computer with the child-friendly KidzMouse Disney Keys keyboard. It's narrower than a standard keyboard, as the function keys, the number pad, and several other less-important keys have been removed. The keys themselves are full-size, and they're color-coded to help young typists distinguish different areas. Best of all, most keys—except the Hyphen, Enter, Space, and Arrow keys—won't repeat if held down for long, so that kids don't accidentally type a long string of letters. The keyboard has a USB plug and comes with a PS/2 adapter.
To help kids learn their way around this keyboard, it comes with Disney's Adventures in Typing with Timon & Pumbaa, a discontinued learning game that runs on Microsoft Windows XP but only on Classic versions of the Mac OS.
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Logitech Cordless Desktop Wave

If your keyboard and mouse are in need of a makeover—or that is, need to be replaced—one option is to purchase a package that includes both peripherals. Logitech and Microsoft both have plenty of these packages, called "desktops," ranging from cheap generic mice and keyboards to more expensive combos that have creative, ergonomic designs. The Logitech Cordless Wave Desktop includes the Wave Cordless Keyboard and the LX8 Cordless Laser Mouse. Both units are new to the market, and are, as their names imply, wireless. They both sync directly to the same USB receiver.
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