HP Pavilion A60 Series Desktop Computers

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Sharp new design; solid lower midrange configuration; improved expandability over older Pavilions; HP's support remains one of the best in the industry.

HP continues to load up its desktops with annoying trialware.

The new looks are nice, but we're more glad that HP has redesigned its new midtower Pavilion desktop with an eye on expandability. That and the robust service make this $760 desktop a solid buy for anyone in need of a straightforward day-to-day PC.

i installed a Sapphire X1950XT into this model, which fit fine, along with an Audigy sound card from my previous comp. the new power supply barely fit, i think because the DVD drive that comes with it is a bit long ; the point is: i was able to fit...

as confirmed by another reviewer, the intel graphics on this thing is absolute balls. i had to purchase a 600 watt power supply by Ultra to power a new g-card ; also, while taking out old power supply i accidentally knocked off one of the SATA...

The newer Core 2 model(The E6320 has twice the L2 Cache of the E6300), Card Reader, 2GB of DDR2 533 Memory, all make this computer very capable with Windows Vista. This computer is actually faster than I expected. Inexpensive for the power

The integrated graphics are some of the worst out there (Intel on-board graphics suck), so I installed an ATI Radeon X1050, and it's much better now. If you buy this, I recommend getting a low-end/mid range graphics card for it(high end graphics cards...

Great price for an average everday use computer.

Lots of pre-installed software that I didn't really need.

Nice prebuilt machine for the money.

HP has 0 support for XP on this machine, but it is possible to install it fine.

The only thing you can run is VISTA.

It's a decent shell without spending too much for a new PC. The processor is sufficient for most home users. The package looks great and has some useful software included. The CD/DVD burner is where most of the money goes, the Lightscribe technology is...

Running Vista chews up the RAM, and when it's time to upgrade you'll notice there's 2 x 512MB sticks rather than the one. This is a real pain if you want to upgrade to the max 4GB the system can handle. Too much useless software included. No space to...