HP Pavilion S3020N Desktop PC (AMD Athlon 64 Processor 3800+, 1 GB RAM, 250 GB Hard Drive, SuperMulti DVD Drive, Vista Premium) | List Price: $757.00
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Brand: Hewlett-Packard
Binding: Personal Computers
Features: - Powerful, slim PC that's one-third the size of a traditional PC tower; 2.0 GHz AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ dual-core processor
- 250 GB hard drive, 1 GB installed RAM (2 GB max), multi-format/dual-layer LightScribe DVD drive
- Connectivity: 5 USB, 1 FireWire, 1 VGA, 1 headphone, 1 microphone, 1 S/PDIF out, 2 PS/2, 15-in-1 memory card reader
- 54g Wi-Fi LAN (802.11b/g), 10/100 Ethernet, NVIDIA GeForce Go 6150 video card with up to 319 MB shared memory
- Pre-installed with Windows Vista Home Premium (with Media Center capabilities)
Not really happy [Posted on 2007-06-27]
I got the piece as promised. I loved it's design and features. But just two week later the power supply broke down. Tech support got involve but not working. I couldn't install new power supply. Very difficult to remove & replace power supply in a tiny place. Until now I am still waiting for instruction to send the PC to HP for repair. Not really happy about this...
It's okay - Maybe even a little better than that. [Posted on 2007-07-06]
I'm basically using the s3020n as a media server so I'm not making many demands on it. I'm using it to replace standalone equipment - an old DVD writer a DVD player, a 5-disc CD player and a CD copier. So four boxes are replaced by one small footprint and it looks sharp in the middle of my media center. It's hooked into my Plasma wide screen (RGB) and after hitting a few aspect buttons on the TV I've got a 61" diameter desktop. Pretty impressive -the graphics card is up to the challenge.
The DVD writer has a little mystery about it. Trying to open it can be impossible. When I press the white-screened button on the top of the writer drawer, it doesn't always (make that almost never) opens. I have to use the software "eject" to have the tray slide open. I'm not sure what the problem is there. Since the PC has crashed trying to write a DVD (see below about ROXIO) I have to reboot to get the DVD out. I'm just thankful that the partially written DVD hasn't prevented any reboots (so far.)
The documentation HP supplies with the S3020N is generic. It does a nice job on how to connect speakers because the back of the computer is common among other HP computers. There's nothing about the DVD writer that comes with the Slimline.
The software included is giving me fits. ROXIO seems to be having problems with the DVD writer. The two DVDs I tried to write - the first gave me an error message that the DVD didn't write correctly and to start over. I checked the DVD on another PC and it was fine. On the second attempt ROXIO flash an estimate of 8 hours 30 minutes to write a 4 gig photo file (plus it never really started.) Meanwhile burning the DVD from native VISTA took about 3 minutes.
Setting up the network was another nightmare due to the Norton Firewall. I disabled it and the VISTA firewall is hopefully giving me the protection I need.
I'm not sure how I'd feel about it if it was my only home computer but bottom line - for less than $600 it's a pretty good deal.
Nice little PC [Posted on 2007-07-18]
I really can't say much about this little PC. I bought an older s7700n and I liked it so well I bought this one. It works great and it was the easiest one to set up I have ever had. It was all practically automated. It was a real good buy with the two rebates. I would buy another one.
No Problemo [Posted on 2007-10-19]
I purchased this PC about 6 months ago primarily to learn the Vista OS. I have been very pleased. It is quiet, small, boots and shuts down fast, and I can surf the net. I believe this is a better solution for me than an underpowered laptop. I received both rebates, albeit with a long delay.
Still have not got use to Vista [Posted on 2008-03-20]
This product has been good but because it uses the Vista format many of my previous software programs have not worked. This is the biggest drawback to this product.
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