rhapsodyfan

thanks for the suggestions everyone looks like i will go with number 3. one other question? i am going to give this computer i am on now away to a reletive, its a hp computer and i was wondering if i can uninstall all hp releated programs that come installed when first bought??? he will be using diffrent printer and soundcard. thanks again!!

hi everyone

i want to buy a new computer in the next few weeks, and i was wondering which of these i should get. i know these might not be the best computers but its what i can afford for the moment. here is the descriptions.....

1. HP Pavilion A845W-B Desktop PC

HP VF15 15" LCD flat panel monitor

AMD Sempron 3000+ processor (2.00 GHz, 333 FrontSide bus, 512 KB L2 Cache)

60 GB Ultra DMA hard drive

256 MB DDR-SDRAM with up to 64 MB allocated to video memory

Memory expandable to 2 GB

CD Writer drive (CD-RW) with drive speeds of: 48x32x48

Pair of desktop speakers

Front panel 9-1 card reader: Compact Flash I/II - SmartMedia - Memory Stick - Memory Stick Pro - MultiMediaCard - Secure Digital (SD) - IBM MicroDrive, xD

High speed 56K flex modem

Integrated 10/100Base-T networking interface

HP Internet keyboard, HP scroller mouse

Available slots: 2 PCI, 1-AGP; Available external ports: 7 USB 2.0 - 2 Firewire IEEE 1394 - 1 serial - 1 parallel, 2 PS/2; Available Bays: 5.25" (1), 3.25"

Ideally suited for digital photography, digital video and digital entertainment

Easy connection to peripherals such as digital cameras, and rich with software to let you experience more

Access your photos, print a document, access Help functions or adjust the multimedia settings in just one keystroke using the one-touch keys on the HP Internet keyboard

HP Image Zone Plus software - a suite of easy-to-use digital imaging software that helps you edit, store, share and print photographs

Three simple ways to organize your photos makes finding and sharing photos easier than ever

Automatic digital negatives are created to safeguard your photos against accidental deletes or unwanted edits

From wallet size to creative cards, printing your photos is easy with HP Image Zone's built-in templates and and tools

Quickly connect a broad range of HP printers, cameras or scanners using pre-installed drivers

Create custom CDs of your favorite music using the included CD-RW drive

Entertainment software: Apple iTunes for Windows; Sonic RecordNow; Wild Tangent Game Channel

Productivity software: Microsoft Works 8; HP Organize; MSN Encarta Standard Online; Microsoft Office Student and Teacher Edition 2003; Adobe Reader 6.0; Microsoft Software Jukebox

PC security software: Norton AntiVirus 2005; Norton Personal Firewall 2004; SpamSubtract Basic; SpySubtract Basic

Financial: Standard 2005 Microsoft; Quicken 2005 New User Edition

2.Compaq

System RAM:  256 MB DDR-SDRAM

Hard Drive Size:  80 GB Hard Drive

Multimedia Drive:  CD-RW/DVD combo drive

Wireless:  NA

Monitor:  17" Flat Screen CRT Monitor

Processor Brand:  AMD

Processor Type:  Sempron

Processor Speed:  2.0 GHz

Operating System:  Windows XP

Hard Drive Speed (RPM):  7200 rpm Ultra DMA hard drive

Multimedia Drive #2:  9-in-1 memory card reader

3. HP Pavilion vf15 15-inch LCD Flat Panel Monitor Bundle:

15-inch LCD flat panel monitor

AMD Athlon 64 3200+ processor

120 GB (7200rpm) Ultra DMA hard drive

512 MB DDR-SDRAM with up to 64 MB allocated to video memory

512K secondary-level cache

1600 MHz FrontSide bus

8x DVD writer (DVD+-R/RW)

Front panel 9-in-1 digital media card reader: Compact Flash I/II, SmartMedia, Memory Stick, Memory Stick Pro, MultiMediaCard, Secure Digital (SD), IBM MicroDrive and xD

High-speed V.92 56K flex modem (actual speeds may vary)

Integrated 10/100Base-T networking interface

HP Internet keyboard and scroller mouse

Available slots: 2 PCI and 1 AGP

Availble external ports: 7 USB 2.0, 2 FireWire (IEEE 1394), 1 serial, 1 parallel and 1 external VGA monitor port

Software included: Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition with Service Pack 2, Microsoft Works 8.0, Microsoft Money 2005, Intuit Quicken New User's Edition 2005, HP Image Zone Plus digital photography software, Adobe Acrobat Reader, Sonic RecordNow for burning music CDs and DVDs, Apple iTunes for Windows, InterVideo WinDVD Creator and InterVideo WinDVD 5 Player

 

i am going to use it for music playing and cable internet.  any thoughts?  just basic stuff, thanks alot!!

hey

thanks alot that file seemed to do the trick! i ran the speed test three times and the first two were 4.2 mb and thje third was 4.1mb thats alot better than 3.2 . thanks again

forgot but my caps are 4000/384 using comcast

i am using the cablenut tweak 4400/384 and it seems to work good i avarage about 3.2 to 3.4 sometimes lower when i do speed test. is this good?  but my main question is i noticed that dslreports says i have to change my rwin to a much lower setting. is it not a good thing to have mine so high. or should i just continue using the 4400/384 setting.  i use...

windows xp sp2

avg anti virus

and windows xp firewall

no viruses or spyware

hey

thanks for the reply's. i fixed the whole problem by taking the burner out of its external case and installed it in the computer. all is well now. thanks again

ok check this out. i use a external hard drive as well  its a 120 gig seagate. anyhow, when i turn the external hard drive off and then open nero or exact audio copier i can now choose which burner to use the dvd/cdrw internal or the mad dog dvd+R+RW external. when i turn on my external hard drive i no longer get the option for my dvd+R+RW. i use USB 2.0 for both my externals as well. seems like something is wrong with the external hard drive not sure though very strange!!!!

hi

sorry if this is in the wrong place, but my question is this. i just got this new dvd+R+rw drive and i was wondering if i can use this as my main burner and turn off the drive from the computer since its a dvd/cdrw burner as well. the reason i want to do this is every time i use nero or Exact audio copier they give me an option to choose which burner to use but when i close the programs and use them at a later time it will no longer give me the option to use the external drive unless i close down the programs and shut off the computer and restart it. i hope this made sence if not i am sorry i just dont know what to do.

i use a HP computer

windows XP Home with SP2

brand new computer

thanks for the help!