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HP Reinvents the Desktop PC for the Home

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HP today announced the HP Pavilion Mini Desktop and the HP Stream Mini Desktop, powerful and smart desktop PCs boosting performance in a small, contemporary, and energy-efficient design that looks beautiful in any room in the home.

"The desktop tower PC continues to be a focal point in the home for sharing, creating, and entertaining," said Mike Nash, vice president, product management, Consumer Personal Systems, HP. "The HP Pavilion and HP Stream Mini Desktops deliver the benefits of a traditional desktop PC in a package that looks good sitting on a desk and is small enough to fit into an entertainment center."



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Consumers want a powerful and refined desktop PC to complement their personal style and homes without creating more clutter while maintaining a designated place for friends and families to come together to share, create, and be entertained. At only 2.06 inches in height and weighing just 1.6 lbs., the HP Pavilion Mini Desktop can fit in the palm of a hand. It maximizes productivity enabled by Windows 8.1 and supports processors up to Intel Core i3. Customers can store and connect to more videos and photos with up to 1 TB storage and up to 8 GB of expandable memory. Consumers can also immerse themselves in casual gaming and entertainment using the dual display support with DisplayPort and HDMI compatible ports, giving them the ability to stream and access content on multiple screens, including TV with Quad HD support.

The HP Pavilion Mini Desktop is ENERGY STAR certified, drawing up to 45 watts of power compared to 250 watts for a typical tower PC. Built-in Wi-Fi and Bluetooth allow customers to stream content from any room they choose and connect with Bluetooth accessories. With the decline use of optical DVD media in a more connected digital world, the HP Pavilion Mini Desktop does not include an optical drive. External USB optical drive can be used through any of the four USB ports. The HP Pavilion Mini Desktop comes in Snow White to effortlessly complement home décor.

Joining the innovative line of HP Stream products is the HP Stream Mini Desktop, providing unsurpassed value in the same small and powerful package as the HP Pavilion Mini Desktop. The HP Stream Mini Desktop comes with value-added services including 32 GB solid-state drive (SSD) for speed and reliability, 200 GB of Microsoft OneDrive Storage for two years, and a $25 gift card for the Windows Store to purchase apps, Xbox games, music and more. The HP Stream Mini Desktop comes in a vibrant Cobalt Blue to match the stunning colors offered in the HP Stream family.

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The HP Pavilion and HP Stream Mini Desktops deliver the benefits of a traditional desktop PC in a package that looks good sitting on a desk

Yeah, what could be more beautiful than a doggy bowl with a lid.
 
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drawing up to 45 watts of power compared to 250 watts for a typical tower PC.
WHAT!? Comparing a high-end PC with that crap is not fair. In what world a typical PC draws that much!?
Mine draws up to 110W and I have quite outdated components.

up to 8 GB of expandable memory
Now, that's a joke. Which is OK if you use typical Windows versions that limits you to 8GB of memory.

Maybe it is attractive for average or unaware users. But standard PC is still the best option for me as I can choose what to put in it, from OS to case.

It maximizes productivity enabled by Windows 8.1
You see, they want to sell their products at all costs. To lie is the minimum they will do. LOL!

Do not recommend this to anyone. The less they sell the better.
 
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Blue-Knight, chill man, it's not meant for serious users and will never beat power of tower PC. It's meant for novices and casuals (soccer moms etc). For them every PC is the same, they don't understand difference at all.
 
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Blue-Knight, chill man, it's not meant for serious users and will never beat power of tower PC. It's meant for novices and casuals (soccer moms etc). For them every PC is the same, they don't understand difference at all.

True, but the tower PC comparison is a bit dodgy as B-K points out.

Doing the same work as this thing can do mine (with 32GB) uses about 130w so they should really be saying it uses "about half" of the power of a tower desktop for similar use cases to be more apples to apples.

Got to love marketing. :)
 

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I like how they say what I, as a consumer, want. I couldn't give a flip about a "refined desktop PC to complement their personal style and homes without creating more clutter while maintaining a designated place for friends and families to come together to share, create, and be entertained."

That's not what I want at all. LOL! :rolleyes:
 
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