good labtop computer for  music and pictures?
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u'r firsr requirement is operating system\nwin xp media centre 2005, not xp-home or xp-pro\n\nget the t7200 processor & a gig of ram on a 14.1" widescreen notebook., just perfect !\n\ndell inspirion e1405\nhttp://www.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/inspn_e1405?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs\n\nIntel® Core™ 2 Duo T7200 (2.00GHz, 4MB L2 Cache, 667 MHz FSB)\nGenuine Windows® XP Media Center, CD and Ext USB TV Tuner, Remote\nExpress Upgrade to Windows Vista Selected\n14.1 inch WXGA+ UltraSharp™ TFT Display with TrueLife™\n1GB DDR2 SDRAM at 533MHz, 2 Dimm\n120GB Hard Drive\n8X CD/DVD Burner (DVD+/-RW) with double-layer DVD+R write capability\nIntel® Graphics Media Accelerator 950\nIntegrated Audio\n53 WHr 6-cell Lithium Ion Primary Battery\nDell Wireless 1390b/g (54Mbps)\nIncludes Microsoft Works 8. DOES NOT INCLUDE MS WORD\nTrial pack- Basic and trial products from Corel and Yahoo\n1Yr Ltd Warranty and Mail-In Service\n6 Months EarthLink Internet Access Included\nIntegrated 10/100 Network Card and Modem\nAdobe® Acrobat® Reader 7.0\nWindows Vista™ Capable\n\n>> $ 1071\n\nperfect solution for you\nif ya need clarifications .. feel free ... post or mail me\n>> best of computing !
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HP ... They're good, pictures are good! You can find it in Walmart or Target
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if u have an apple computer garage band is good.  idk of any music software for windows tho.
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I just bought a new HP dv5030us from Circuit City for $999 after a $200 mail in rebate.  It has an AMD Turion64 processor (2GHz), 1 GB of RAM, 100 GB harddrive, DVD Burner with Lightscribe, and Windows XP Media Center.  The 15.4" WXGA widescreen looks really bright and sharp, too (great for movies).\n\nI've been happy with it so far except that its battery life is not as good as a comparable laptop running the Centrino architecture.\n\nIt has plenty of horsepower for running simple business applications (any modern new laptop will).  If you want to play around with photos, movies, music, etc. then you might want to try out this one due to the XP Media Center operating system.
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check out www.hp.com and the Compaq Presario V3000Z series\n\nat 400 or less, you have limited options. www.dell.com is another source, but i just looked and couldn't find anything for less than 550. however, you can always customize and remove items (dvd burner, ram, etc.). \n\nin my experience and if you can afford it, you are better off spending a little more ($500-$600) and getting something more than barebones.
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Try a dell laptop. Those are great.
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for music and photos...you just need the Windows Media connect.\n\nUnfortunately, you need a Computer with Media Edition to stream video though
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Try Picasa or VAMP Media Center.
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There is a utility available on http://cnet.com where you can browse thru the available options as per your requirement.  The path is as follow:\nhttp://exactchoice.cnet.com/Type.aspx\nFor quick reference, 512MB RAM, 60GB HDD and Windows XP SP2 should be fine for Home use.  Can buy any Acer, Dell, HP laptop.  They will be cheap and durable.
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I have had that particular machine and found it to be a very good system. THe video was a little limited but the rest of the system was great. You can upgrade the memory to 2 gigs and run big drives. It is light wieght and easy to use. It was pleanty fast enough for what I was using it for. I have a wifi card and it was fine. I have no complaints about this system. I hope that this helps you out some.
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Duo Core superior, but both have \n\nAs far as i can see, u don't need Win XP pro, Media Centre 2005 is great and sure u'r toshiba has external buttons 4 play, if u can upgrade T2300 to T2400 for a few bucks extra , i think the toshiba's good\n\n- u'r media centre stuff got me into viewing product\ncorrection, T2300 just fine\nproduct - great
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Be careful with EMachines, Gateway, Dell and the likes.\nTry ordering from a local computer manufacturer if possible. \n\nAs for specifications...\n\nProcessor: at least a pentium 4 at least 1.5 to 2 ghz\nMemory: Windows XP needs 256 mb. 512 to be safe.\nNO INTEGRATED SOUND OR VIDEO. These two things use the computer's memory. Disable it if its available.\nGraphics card with a chip by either nVidia or ATI with at least 32 meg of memory (if you want to be really cheap)\nSoundblaster sound card (even a "value" model will do better than internal sound.)\n\nDon't spend too much. An okay deskop computer should cost you under $1000 these days, but don't try to get the cheapest thing or you'll be in trouble.
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That will run XP easily enough although it won't be very punchy.\n\nAn extra 256Mb of RAM (cheap as chips from Crucial / Kingston) will help no end.\n\nAs long as you are paying no more than 150 GBP for it then it is a good buy.
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Defintely buy from Dell. www.dell.com  They have great products for a good price.  You can pick up a good quality computer for under $500.
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go to DELL.com, they have great prices on desk tops and laptops.  Not worth buying one second hand.
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Consider 2GM RAM with a Pentium processor. Apache on Linux will be a good choice. Hard disk will depend on your needs, but make a start with 120GB hard disk.
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Well, on the over all market are my pics.\n\nDell - Great value all around. Wonderfull desktops. The Optiplex series has been a consistantly good system. Their laptops are pretty good too.\n\nApple - Well there's just no competition for these guys, just one small problem. $$$$$$$ Way to much! AND NO, I DON'T WANT A FREE IPOD WITH MY PURCHASE!\n\nToshiba - I've got old ones, and I have a brand new Satilite M55. There like my Toyota, I'll never get rid of em'. Toshiba, from my personal experience makes some of the best performing, if not, the longest lasting lap tops I've ever worked with. If you buy a new Satalite, you may find your self no longer using your desktop. \n\nHP - Decent desent desktops. (Personal experience). Good Laptops, from what I hear. The older HP's that were on socket 370 were fantastic. Mine is 6 years old and still runs great. Their new line of PDA's though, those are realy nice. I own one, and it's replaced almost all the tasks I use to use my laptop for. All the minor ones at lease.\n\nThe best home PC however would have to be the ones you build your self. They can be painfull to work with at times, but once you get one put together that works, it's a realy neat feeling to have it and use and to be able to stick it to everyone else who gets ripped of by Dell! (just kidding)