14 DAY TRIAL // HP announced a holiday lineup of consumer desktop PCs that are equipped with advanced built-in security features and improved performance for digital photography, music and video.
HP also announced enhanced DVD drives featuring the newest LightScribe technology, which allows users to burn customized labels directly to LightScribe-enabled CDs or DVDs.
In addition, HP continues to provide consumers with award-winning customer service and support that includes a one-year limited warranty with 24x7 toll-free support on all HP and Compaq PCs. The new models include the HP Pavilion a1200n Series Desktop PC, Compaq Presario SR1600NX Series Desktop PC and HP m7200n Series Media Center PC with the option to add HP's latest DVD Writer.
HP Pavilion a1200n Series Desktop PC
Select models of the HP Pavilion a1200n Series Desktop PCs are now available with Microsoft Windows Media Center Edition 2005, which allows easy organization of digital photos, music, movies and much more. Consumers have everything they need to capture, edit and share digital photos with this Pavilion series, which boasts bigger, faster hard drives that can store up to 100,000 photos. Additionally, multi-taskers can more efficiently edit photos with HP Image Zone software while checking the family schedule with the added performance of AMD Athlon 64 x2 dual-core processors or Intel Pentium 4 processors with Hyper-Threading Technology.
Compaq Presario SR1600NX Series Desktop PC
This Presario series has been optimized to give consumers peace of mind with the addition of the AMD Athlon 64 or AMD Sempron processor. Both processors feature AMD's Enhanced Virus Protection, which provides built-in protection to keep PCs safe from certain types of viruses and an extra layer of security out of the box when paired with Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2. In addition, Microsoft Windows Media Center 2005 is now available on select models. The Compaq Presario series includes integrated128-megabyte ATI Radeon Xpress 200 Graphics giving consumers an affordable way to realize improved graphics performance for everyday PC applications.
HP m7200n Series Media Center PC
The latest HP Media Center PCs provide a powerful entertainment experience for today's digital lifestyle, including the ability to watch, record and pause live TV right on the PC. The m7200n series PCs are available with Intel Pentium D dual-core processors, up to 300 gigabytes (GB) of hard drive storage and HP's dual-layer DVD+-RW/CD-RW drive with LightScribe. HP also will introduce Super Multi-Drives in select desktops. The new Super Multi-Drives take the confusion out of buying blank discs by supporting all popular DVD and CD formats and include LightScribe technology.
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