The Bottom Line
HP's Pavilion a250n is really targeted torwards the multimedia enthusiast by providing an excellent set of capabilities in this system at a good price.
Pros
- Good Price
- DVD Burner
- Excellent Connectivity
Cons
- 800MHz CPU using PC2700 Memory
- Lackluster 3D Graphics
Description
- Intel Pentium 4 2.6GHz with 800MHz Bus on a i865G Based Motherboard
- 512MB PC2700 DDR Memory (2 DIMMs for Dual Channel)
- 120 Gigabyte Hard Drive
- DVD+RW Burner and 48x CD-ROM Optical Drives
- Integrated AC '97 Audio
- NVIDIA GeForce 4 MX Graphics Processor with 64MB Memory
- Intel 10/100 Ethernet and v.90 56Kbps Modem
- Six USB 2.0, Two IEEE 1394 FireWire and 6-in-1 Media Reader
- Windows XP Home
Guide Review - HP Pavilion a250n
8/19/03 - HP is really going after those interesting in multimedia applications such as digital photograph and video with the Pavilion a250n. This system packs a lot of multimedia features such as a DVD+RW burner, FireWire ports and a 6-in-1 media reader. Powered by an Intel 2.6 GHz Pentium 4 processor with 800MHz bus speed, it actually only uses PC2700 DDR memory. This reduces the overall potential performance of the system. The other area that could use some improvement is the graphics. The NVIDIA GeForce 4 MX provides some 3D acceleration, but nothing that would be very useful for today's modern games. But this system is not targeted at gamers and as such works well for its designed market.
