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Holistic Guidance - HP Pavilion Elite M9250F Desktop PC (2.66 GHz Intel Core 2 Quad Q6700 Processor, 4 GB RAM, 1 TB Hard Drive, DVD Drive, Vista Premium)
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List Price: $1,466.00
Our Price: $1,159.99
Your Save: $ 306.01 ( 21% )
Availability: Usually ships in 1 to 2 days
Manufacturer: Hewlett Packard
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Average Customer Rating:   
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Binding: Personal Computers
Brand: Hewlett-Packard
Color: Black/ Silver
CPU Manufacturer: Intel
CPU Speed: 2.66
CPU Type: Intel Core Duo
EAN: 0883585739028
Feature: Top-of-the-line multimedia desktop featuring 2.66 GHz Intel Core 2 Quad Processor Q6700 with four lightning fast execution cores
Hard Disk Size: 1000
Label: Hewlett Packard
Manufacturer: Hewlett Packard
Model: M9250F
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 2.66 GHz Intel Core 2 Quad Processor Q6700 with four lightning fast execution cores
TV tuner (NTSC/ATSC), PVR functionality, programming guide, and 16x dual-layer LightScribe DVD drive
Dual 500 GB hard drives (1 TB total), 4 GB RAM (8 GB max), Nvidia GeForce 8600 GT graphics (512 MB of DDR2 dedicated memory)
54g Wi-Fi LAN (802.11b/g), 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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The HP Pavilion Elite M9250F delivers an amazing high-end home entertainment experience, DX10 3D Mainstream gaming, and power for the most demanding PC tasks. The Intel Core 2 Quad processor is the latest in cutting edge processor technology for the desktop PC. The Intel Core 2 Quad processor delivers four complete execution cores within a single processor, delivering unprecedented performance and responsiveness in multi-threaded and multi-tasking business and home use environments. The built-in ATSC TV tuner and personal video recorder let you watch, pause, rewind and record live television - with no monthly fee. The free online Electronic Program Guide lets you review the TV schedule and choose a single episode or an entire series. And always be connected to the Internet wherever you decide to place the desktop in your home with the built-in 802.11G Wireless card. NVIDIA GeForce 8600 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 LightScribe SuperMulti DVD+-R/RW with Double Layer High Definition Audio, 8 speaker configurable Built-in 802.11B/G Wireless 10/100/1000Mbps Ethernet LAN 15-in-1 card reader Front ports - 2 x USB, IEEE 1394, Composite video-in (Front) Back ports - 4 x USB, IEEE 1394, 2 x PS2 ports (keyboard, mouse), Audio left/right-in, S-Video-in, Digital Audio In/Out, Microphone/Line-in/Line-out, Rear speaker-out, Side speaker out, Center (subwoofer), RJ-45 (LAN), RJ-11 (Modem), TV-out, DVI-I out, HDMI out Expansion slots - 1 x PCI (occupied), 2 x PCI Express x1 (one available), 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: HO Pavillion Elite M9280F
Comment: When I recieved my first M9280F I was very disappointed that it was DOA. Despite calls to HP which lead me on several adventures trying to revive it the poor thing was dead as a doornail. "No problem" HP said, "we'll send you a box and you can ship it back to us for no charge, we'll fix it and ship it right back to you." All well and good except then I would essentially have a refurbished computer, which I wasn't happy about. Then I contacted Amazon. They arranged to send me a new machine even before I shipped the old one back to them. They paid for the return shipping and charged nothing to ship the replacement unit to me, within a couple of days I was up and running. I can't say enough about the exceptional service provided by Amazon, they were great!
As for the M9280F, it's a great machine. Lightning fast, stable as a rock, runs everything I've thrown at it and worked with all of my existing equiptment and a new Canon ImageClass printer (also purchased at Amazon) although I did have to download a 64 bit driver for the ImageClass printer from Canon's web site.
Don't hesitate to buy big ticket items from Amazon. I've purchased plasma TV's, home entertainment systems, computers and monitors. They've all been great deals and they've all worked out or Amazon has made them work out.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Wish Win XP was an option over Vista64
Comment: I think this computer could be much better than it is if it had Windows XP on it. I went from XP Media Center Edn to Vista-64bit. Vista64 is basically incompatible with everything. Had to buy new scanner, print server, Quicken, Adobe Premeire, Adobe Photoshop and MSOffice because the move from XP to Vista rendered everything useless (or painfull to use at best....meaning errors). Even more tragic, the pc comes pre-loaded with IE 64-bit, but you can't go to 80% of websites without getting an Active-X error because Active-X doesn't support 64 bit (yet?). Yes, there's a 32-bit IE included, but you need to know what you're looking for. If I knew I was going to spend another $600 on peripherals and software, I would have gone with a Dell Vostro and downgraded to XP to avoid the hassles and expense. I was very happy with my 3 previous HP's over the last 10 years, so I went with them again.....oops. I hate change.
Customer Rating:
Summary: HP has really poor customer service
Comment: I purchased a HP Pavillion Desktop computer back in March 2007. The warranty has expired. I tried to create a set of recovery discs but the HP recovery software refuses to recognize my blank DVDs regardless of whether they are DVD-R or DVD+R. The software will recognize CDR's but it takes 11 CD's as opposed to only 2 DVD's to make the disks. I contacted the online chat agents and was told that my recovery software was out of date and I could not update it because of an expired warranty; therefore my only option would be to buy a set of DVD recovery discs. I called the customer support line and was told that because the warranty had expired the only options I would have would be to (1) pay $49 for a one issue technical service call or pay $99 for an extended warranty plan. This is outrageous and an obvious attempt to collect revenue at the expense of good customer service. The recovery software that I currently have stated that it would burn 2 DVDs but it actually will not do this. I sincerely believe the failure of HP's software to operate properly on its' machines is not an issue that should be "outside" a warranty period. I have also been reading the HP user forums and others have had the same unresolved issue as well.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Extremely fast...but..
Comment: This computer is extremely fast, has a huge 1 terrabyte harddrive and gigs of ram. The BIGGEST problem I have had is with the new Vista 64 bit operating system...finding other hardware that will work with it. At first the modem for my DSL didn't work, spent a coule hours on the phone with tech support. My expensive ZYXEL prestige 300 router would not work with the 64bit operating system...I spent hours on the phone with tech support for the modem and router and my ISP. I finally checked the microsoft website they recommended 4 routers for use with the 64 bit Vista, so I bought oneof them, a brand new D-LINK EBRR-2310 from amazon, with cable, it got here and I installed it, and zippo! Spent another four hours on the phone with the D-LINK guy in India and he advised me to take the router back where I got it cause it wasn't gonna work! In exasperation I talked to a techie guy at work who suggested I should try the combo modem/router by AT&T which is my ISP (ATT-Yahoo dsl) and I ordered one of these combo modem/routers, 2WIRE gateway 2701HG-B gateway....it is supposed to configure itself once it is plugged in, and it didn't!! I went to the "backup" method of using their CDROM installation which worked like a charm to get wired ethernet connection to my second computer! So after spending an extra $200 on new routers and modems,I finally got the router to work, and the modem to work. On top of all this the CPU is a little noisey, more than I would like..but it is a white noise and seems to get quieter after it runs a while. Great machine, the operating system is fine if you can get hardware that works with it. I suggest the combo modem/router from AT&T, IT WORKS!!
by the way this computer turns on in about 10 seconds, and turns off in about 10 seconds. extremely fast on and off, compared to my old Dell computer which could take five minutes to turn on or off.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Somewhat Disappointed
Comment: Provisions for peripherals is great. Blu-ray works like a champ. However, somethings that one would take for granted were not easy or even possible. First, I never could establish a network with my old XP computer, nor did the Windows Easy Transfer work. I had to do all file transfer from the old computer by DVD-RW. Also, I am still unable to get my HP Photosmart C5180 All-in-One Printer.Scanner. Copier to work with the Vista on this machine. Finally, I am disappointed with the speed of multi-tasking processing. I didn't expect any delay. Overall, however, I would still buy this machine again!
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