HP Pavilion Media Center a1640n Desktop Computer With Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor E6300

The HP Pavilion Media Center a1640n is a powerful Media Center desktop that delivers high-end performance for digital photography, music and other multimedia. The a1640n features the new Intel Core 2 Duo E6300, a powerful dual-core processor, and Intel Viiv technology, for improved access to digital entertainment, including surround sound and high-definition video. The a1640n comes with a huge 2GB memory, a large 250GB high-performance hard drive, and a multiformat DVD drive and memory card reader.

The LightScribe™ DVD Double Layer drive lets you burn and play DVDs and CDs, including DVD+R Double Layer, with 8.5GB capacity per disc. The LightScribe feature lets you etch silkscreen-quality labels (grayscale text and graphics) onto discs using the drive itself: after burning content, just flip the disc over in the drive to burn the label. (Labeling feature requires LightScribe-compatible media, sold separately.)

A 9-in-1 memory card reader is compatible with these formats: Secure Digital (SD), MultiMediaCard (MMC), CompactFlash I and II, Memory Stick and Memory Stick Pro, xD-Picture Card, SmartMedia and Microdrive.

The Pavilion Media Center a1640n offers:
• Intel Core 2 Duo processor E6300 operating at 1.86GHz
• 2MB L2 cache
• 1066MHz frontside bus
• 2GB of PC2-4200 DDR2 SDRAM, upgradable to 8GB
• 250GB 7200-rpm Serial ATA (SATA) hard drive
• LightScribe SuperMulti DVD drive with Double Layer DVD±R support (16x DVD+R max. write speed)
• Front panel 9-in-1 memory card reader
• 10/100Base-T Ethernet network interface
• 56K V.90 modem
• 7 USB 2.0 ports (3 front, 4 back)
• 2 FireWire (IEEE 1394) ports (1 front, 1 back)
• 2 PS/2 ports
• Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 3000 with up to 256MB of shared memory
• High Definition Audio, 8-channel (7.1)
• Microphone, line-in and line-out jacks in front and back
• Digital audio input and output
• HP multimedia keyboard
• HP scroll mouse

Microsoft® Windows® XP Media Center Edition 2005 comes installed. Other software included:

• Microsoft Works 8 (word processor, spreadsheet, database and calendar)
• MSN Encarta Standard Online (1-year trial subscription)
• Quicken New User Edition 2006
• Microsoft Money 2006
• HP Photosmart Premier (edit, share, organize and protect photos)
• Sonic DigitalMedia Plus
• Muvee autoProducer
• Sonic MyDVD Plus
• DVD Play
• RealPlayer
• Adobe Reader 7.0
• Norton Internet Security 2006 (trial, with 60 days of free updates)

The Pavilion Media Center a1640n is backed by the manufacturer's 1-year limited warranty and 24/7 toll-free support.

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