the mac mini comes with an ir remote, though, and is more compact. The s7320n has a larger hard drive than similarly priced offerings such as the mac mini, and it includes an integrated 9-in-1 digital card reader.
#MEDIACENTER 2006 PC#
if you're a tv/dvr maven, look for an hp media center tv pc (the tv in the name means it comes with a tuner and remote).
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the s7320n also doesn't have a tv tuner, although tv tuners and remotes are rare at this price. regular dvds also played just fine.Ī remote, or even a wireless remote, would have been a nice addition, so you could control the pc from across the room. other core mce 2005 features such as photo slide shows and music playback worked without a problem.
#MEDIACENTER 2006 SOFTWARE#
interactual player (required for playing back t2) was a little slow to respond to track changes, but i attribute that to the software rather than to the pc. video and audio playback were smooth, clear, and free of stuttering-even when i pumped the monitor's resolution up to 1,600 by 1,200 pixels. The s7320n is billed as a multimedia-oriented pc, so i couldn't resist using it to watch the hd video version of terminator 2: judgment day (with windows media 9 drm).
#MEDIACENTER 2006 TRIAL#
that said, the compact s7320n is perfect for surfing the web, sending e-mails, listening to or downloading music, sharing photos, and word processing (of course, you'll need a word processor installed after the trial version of office expires). If your kids want to play games or be the next spielberg, or if they've graduated to the next computing level, go for a higher-powered, albeit more expensive, system like the hp pavilion media center tv m7360n pc or the sony vaio vgc-rc210g. therefore, you shouldn't buy the s7320n if you're thinking about using it for intense multimedia creation.
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other single-core systems can complete the media center encoder test in less than 15 minutes. (the pentium m version of the model should be available shortly, which will bump up both the power and the price.) the s7320n took more than 18 minutes to run the windows media encoder test and more than 2 and a half minutes to perform the adobe photoshop cs2 test. this was much more convenient than using the standard windows backup utility, which makes you exit mce 2005 before accessing the backup program.īecause it relies on an intel celeron m 380 processor running at 1.6 ghz, the s7320n was slower than more expensive systems in our multimedia benchmark tests. (can you imagine losing all those memories to an unfortunate drive failure?) the program lets you quickly transfer thousands of pictures onto 8.5gb dual-layer dvd+r media or spread them out over several 4.7gb single-layer discs (or many more 650mb cd-rs) just by choosing the more programs option in the main menu of mce 2005. it's a good utility to use if you're like me and have all of your digital pictures from the last two years imprisoned on your pc. this handy plug-in lets you back up your pictures, videos, and music onto dvd-r or dvd+r media for safekeeping. the s7320n features one notable program: sonic's digitalmedia plus.
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I don't usually mention the software that comes with desktops, since many programs preloaded on home systems are questionable freebies (like aol) and utilities with short subscriptions (norton internet security) or trial versions (microsoft office 2003). Best Hosted Endpoint Protection and Security Software.