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HP Pavilion T380a (DN038A)

HP Pavilion T380a (DN038A)
Wednesday December 10, 2003
Written by Darren Ellis
Tags: HP | Pavilion | T380a | (DN038A)
AUD
$3299
Price at time of review.
While the epithet 'multimedia PC' used to be bandied about to over-hype any PC in the mid-'90's that was capable of playing music, rudimentary video, and games, the descriptive was overused so much on sub-par PCs that the impact of any real multimedia capabilities was diminished in the wash of pretenders.
Vendor HP
CPU model/brand Intel Pentium 4
CPU speed 2.8GHz
Memory capacity 512MB
HD capacity 120GB
Optical drive 16x DVD-ROM; DVD+RW/+R burner
Graphics ATI RADEON 9200
Monitor model/brand TFT
Screen size 17in
Card reader 6-in-1 card reader
Audio 5.1 surround audio
TV tuner TV tuner
Keyboard cordless keyboard
Mouse cordless mouse
Operating system Windows XP Home
Front USB ports 6 (total)
Price 3299
Supplier Hewlett-Packard
This article appeared in the January, 2004 issue of PC Authority.
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