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Saturday, November 30, 2013

For Sale Lenovo IdeaCentre C345 20-Inch All-in-One Desktop (Black/Brushed Aluminum)

Lenovo IdeaCentre C345 20-Inch All-in-One Desktop (Black/Brushed Aluminum)

Lenovo IdeaCentre C345 20-Inch All-in-One Desktop (Black/Brushed Aluminum) Review



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Lenovo IdeaCentre C345 20-Inch All-in-One Desktop (Black/Brushed Aluminum) Feature


  • AMD E2-1800 Processor (1.7 GHz)
  • 4 GB DDR3 RAM
  • 1 TB 7200 rpm Hard Drive
  • 20-Inch Screen, Integrated Intel HD Graphics
  • Windows 8






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64 of 67 people found the following review helpful.
5Great value all-in-one
By Spaghetti Monster
For the price point this is an all around great desktop. The screen is bright and nice with great color, its relatively speedy for the price range, and comes in an attractive package. It looks and feels like it cost more than $500. My only complaint comes from working with windows 8, but that will be an issue with any new computer. It does what I need it to do, which is be a competent family computer.

49 of 53 people found the following review helpful.
5Beautiful system
By arose
Out of the box and set up in five minutes. 23 inch monitor is awesome. Windows 8 easy to learn .. lots of icons instead of lists .. probably to accommodate for touch screen capabilities. I just played around with the mouse and was pretty much comfortable with working my way around within 10 mins .. watch the video while your system is loading the initial files and you will see where to move the mouse to get around the system. the computer takes up so little space. I am 51 years old and the large screen is easy for my eyes. There are so many free programs to choose from for cooking and fitness and mediation and movies and on and on .. I LOVE this computer.

27 of 28 people found the following review helpful.
4Good way to free yourself of some wires!
By gregorywurz
While I was looking over previous reviews of this computer, I noticed that the bulk of the negative reviews had to do with Windows 8 and not the computer itself. The majority of them were about 4-6 months prior to when I was looking at them, so I decided to go ahead and make the purchase.

I love the reduction in space. No more tower. Just the monitor keyboard and mouse. The only wire (almost) is from the computer to the wall. My old PC had wires for the monitor to connect to the tower, a plug for the monitor, a plug for the tower, wires to the tower for speakers, and a power plug for the speakers. (I had upgraded to a wireless keyboard and mouse a while ago.) For some reason, Lenovo didn't give us a wireless keyboard and mouse I guess it just couldn't have been crammed into this price point, but it is a big blow to the overall enjoyability of the product.

I was debating between the 20 inch monitor and the 23 inch monitor, but cost (about a $75 difference) and availability of the 23 inch, made me go with the 20 inch. I couldn't be happier. I don't think that I could have fit the 23 inch on my desk! The 20 inch is a great size and the resolution is wonderful! We watch Youtube, have played pretty graphics intense video games like Batman Arkham Asylum, and viewed DVDs with no problem. I would have preferred a Blu-ray player, but again, the price point is probably too low for something like that.

It comes with a Terrabyte of memory. For those that don't know, that's 1000 gigabytes. That's a lot of memory! My old PC had 280 GB and I still had about 80 left when I purchased this computer. I had the old one for about 5 years. Unless you are planning on storing some crazy amount of huge files on your computer, there should be no need for any additional storage.

4 GB of RAM is sufficient to run most applications you will encounter. I have had slight issues with some skipping playing my aforementioned Batman game, but it's through Steam and I'm not sure if it's a memory issue, or an internet issue. it could also be a processor issue, but 1.8 GHz should be enough to run the game.

The overall look of the computer is great. It's very modern, stylish, and thoughtfully laid out. The DVD drive is hidden, there are 2 USB ports on the left side and 4 more on the back. It comes with a memory card reader, an HDMI out, and a Cat5 port. It's got a Wifi card in it already, so you don't really even need the Cat5 port unless you really want to have a wired connection.

As for Windows 8. So far, I have been able to run everything that I have needed to. There was a considerable sized update that loaded right after I set up the computer so I guess that fixed some of the issues that previous reviewers were having. The start screen seems to be a little redundant with the desktop, but for the most part it's similar to past versions of windows. I haven't been able to locate the calculator yet and that's a little irritating, but I probably could find it if I sat down and really tried to look for it.

I haven't had the internet connection problems previous users have mentioned, it boots up amazingly fast, and I'm running it on a horrible wifi connection and there is no noticeable slowdown in web browsing.

4 out of 5 stars for the computer. It's great overall, but the wires on the keyboard, the fact that there are 4 GB or RAM instead of 6, and the lack of a Blu-Ray player keep it from getting 5 stars. It would really be more like 4.5 stars, but Amazon won't let me do half star ratings.

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Friday, November 29, 2013

Cheap Online ASUS Transformer AiO P1801-B054K 18.4-Inch Desktop

ASUS Transformer AiO P1801-B054K 18.4-Inch Desktop

ASUS Transformer AiO P1801-B054K 18.4-Inch Desktop Review


Featuring an entertainment center with mobility on an Android tablet and flexibility on a fully-fledged desktop system built into one sleek all-in-one PC. The ASUS Transformer P1801 is world's first dual-machine and dual-OS All-in-one PC. Windows 8 redefines home PC capabilities with fastest 3rd gen Intel core i3, discrete NVIDIA graphics, 10-point multi-touch capacitive IPS display and dual-band support, combined with latest Splashtop Remote Desktop app, Transformer P1801 All-in-one PC allows you to share your life and work remotely and seamlessly with friends, family and colleagues.


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ASUS Transformer AiO P1801-B054K 18.4-Inch Desktop Feature


  • AiO: Intel Core i3 3.1 GHz; Tablet: NVIDIA Tegra 3
  • AiO: 4 GB DDR3; Tablet: 2GB DDR3
  • AiO: 1TB HDD 7200 rpm Hard Drive; Tablet: 16GB eMMC Flash Memory
  • 18.4-Inch Screen
  • Windows 8






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79 of 83 people found the following review helpful.
4Exactly what I wanted.
By Bryan
I ordered this on 4/12/13 and it was delivered the next day. Here are my initial thoughts. I'll add to this as I use it more. Asus took a cue from Apple with their packaging. Very clean and orderly. Cables are tie with velcro straps, no twisty ties. Batteries included for the keyboard/mouse. The mouse's power was toggled to off. Don't forget to turn it on! The tablet/monitor was delivered with nearly zero power. You have to charge it above 20% before it will update to the latest version of Android that Asus provides (4.1.1). Windows 8 needed what seemed like a lot of patches for a system that just came out. I'm using 802.11n on both the tablet as well as the base to a Netgear WNDR3700 and get approximately 190mbit for file transfers. For reference, my home file server will completely saturate the gigabit connection to my desktop. The base/tablet are in the same small room as the router. The Win8 computer's 1TB drive came formatted with 750GB dedicated to a data drive (D:) with the rest for system / recovery.

As far as the Android side, the Tegra 3 in the tablet is plenty fast for my needs. I'm using a beta build of XBMC for Android with hardware acceleration and it handles 720p / 1080p mkv's marvelously. I've tried a few tegra specific games and they run great as expected. So far the only issue that I've run across that has me disappointed is Amazon Prime instant videos using flash. The audio is out of sync no matter what browser I try to use. I'm quite disappointed in Amazon for not having an android app yet. That's not Asus's fault though. The wireless signal on 5ghz isn't too great so far. I've got 802.11n capable laptop that seems to get a much stronger signal in my home. Even with a android showing 1 bar of signal I can still get > 55mbit speed. The audio coming out of the tablet is loud. VERY loud. It's a bit on the tinny side but still good. The audio from the base (different speakers) is a bit better but still in need of some base. Definitely worth picking up some PC speakers.

Now for the user experience. The IPS panel is gorgeous. The touchscreen is VERY smooth and responsive in both Windows and Android. The experience is not quite as responsive when using Win8 away from the base. It's very usable, mind you, but it is obvious that you aren't attached anymore. I've only tried a few PC games so far. I've been replaying Portal 2 and Torchlight 2 recently so I tried both on this system. They play great with everything maxed. Torchlight 2 works fine with a touch screen though I didn't see any immediate way to "right click" with touch. Portal 2, on the other hand, was unusable with touch. I could even play Torchlight 2 with the touch screen away from the base but the FPS dropped noticeably.

The tablet is definitely heavy. You're not going to carry it around and use it in your hands. It's fun to use on the couch though or propped up on a TV tray. It did not handle direct sunlight well in Android mode. Though it has a camera, it doesn't sense light in the room which means you need to adjust the brightness yourself. Speaking of which, the webcam is mediocre.

There a few negatives that made this a 4 instead of 5.

* Sometimes the transition between desktop monitor mode to tablet remote control mode gets.. confused.
* Webcam doesn't work in Skype on android side of things. It's also not very good.
* Wireless radio in the tablet is poor or the signal measurement is faulty.

37 of 40 people found the following review helpful.
5Above my expectations
By zzdb
I ordered this 4/12/13 as well. I received mine at the beginning of the following week. Upon unboxing I was initially impressed with the quality of everything. As stated in the other review everything was packaged nicely and seemed well protected. My tablet portion was 75% charged so updating and setting up everything was very easy. There is a number of steps in the setup of accounts for because you have two operating systems, but once I attached my Google account it seemed to set everything up as I have on my other devices. It is a nice feature of new devices to link all of your accounts and this process was seamless on the Transformer AiO.
The overall look and feel of the device is solid and nicely designed. It looks and feels good. I am pleased with the performance of the docking PC and in desktop mode the screen looks fabulous; true HD. Videos look great, video conferencing looks and works great, and the touch sensitivity is precise. Windows 8 works best with the touch screen, I prefer to switch to the windows 7 type looks when Im using my mouse and keyboard, but that's just personal preference.
In tablet mode the performance is all I expected and more. Yes, there are some apps that do not load properly because their tablet interface, but that is the apps fault not the fault of the device. When an app is designed for tablets they look and perform great. It is fast and fun. The weight of the tablet does not hurt its usability. I would not hold this in my hands for long periods of time, but the kickstand makes it easy to use on tables and desks. And I even have held the device in my hands and used it exactly how anyone would use a tablet and it worked fine. The 2GB of ram in tablet mode provide plenty of response and multi-tasking is a breeze. I have used the normal transformer tf300 and this tablet functions much the same just has a much bigger screen. Gaming is fun on this device, netflix works awesome as the screen is like having a tv in your hands, and productivity software such as office work great. I have used this for presentations using powerpoint in my sales meetings and people are impressed with the screen and size of the presentation allowing them to easily read the information from their seats. This is bigger than my laptop for work and has provided a great tool and conversation starter.
I also like the splashtop application for using the PC portion remotely.
As of now the only problem I have found is that the wifi antenna is not as strong as my phone so the internet signal has to be stronger to fully utilize everything web connected in my apartment.
Overall this has exceeded my expectations!

35 of 42 people found the following review helpful.
5So Far so Amazing
By Timothy Lundberg
Just received this today. Got the $4 one day shipping on this, great deal Amazon, and so far I am absolutely loving this. I have been waiting for this exact device for a long time. I'm a bigger is better guy, my wife and I absolutely love the huge 18.4" tablet to browse and and surf on. We have Galaxy Note phones, and we laugh now when we see people with iPhones. Seriously they're just so tiny. I'll right some updates to the review over the next couple of days, but this thing is really, really impressing me. So far the only negative is that there was a bit of residue on the screen, but at least you get a handy dandy wipe to get it off.

I haven't noticed any problems with Wifi, and very little lag running Windows 8 in the remote mode. Could be because I've got a pretty heave duty Fios Wifi router, not sure though. Google has been working like a champ to sync both my devices with all my existing stuff, especially on the tablet side it automatically downloaded all my apps from Google Play, very, very cool.

I've read some quazi negative reviews on this and I guess some people just have to hate, because they don't get how revolutionary this product is. I used to be a 3d animator and I have been waiting for this exact product for a while. It's a really powerful feature to be able to set something rendering or working on the Desktop part of this machine and then just detach the tablet and go surf as you watch tv on the couch. The keyboard is actually pretty good for typing, I prefer a large natural keyboard, but this is actually really nice to type on (what I'm typing on now). The mouse is a little sketchy with the touch scroll wheel.

I'll be playing some Starcraft II tomorrow to see how it stacks up against my Imac, but I'm expecting good things from it.

Really couldn't be happier, and I haven't even used the HDMI out yet to hook this up to my Tablet. It really is like you're buying two computers, a really nice and powerful desktop and the coolest biggest tablet on the market.

FIRST UPDATE.

So I'm a few days in now and still really enjoying this tablet/desktop. I think that is the most impressive part of this computer, and the hardest to describe. You're getting two computers for the cost. So its just really really nice to set up a program to render, or to download a ton of stuff on the desktop part and then pull the monitor/tablet and hang out on the couch.

Also the keyboard and mouse are really good. I don't notice typing on them at all. Have you ever used the keyboard and mouse that come with a modern iMac? I have and they are horrible. This keyboard and mouse though are fantastic. the mouse is a little weird,but I'm pretty picky about mouses and this one is great. The full wireless keyboard with numpad is also great and very slim and has a great design.

No real complaints at all, I'm still getting everything set up on both computers how I want it with all the different software and applications. I haven't had an opportunity to really get everything to sync between all the apps and the shared storage space, but I'll write more as I use that.

3 May update

Taking it on a trip, and this was the only backpack\transport system i could find to handle the tablet http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002HMCQZQ/ref=oh_details_o01_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1.

The case is great and cheap works as a carry on, backpack and rolling suitcase. The tablet is working great as a tablet. Ive got a 64 gig additional card plugged in so 96 gigs worth of whatever i need. So flixster, google play and google docs are working great. I need to try this out with my corsair voyager, 1TB wireless HDD, but so far the android tablet os, giant screen, battery and wifi are all working great. Ill be sending updates about how this handles being deployed to a war zone shortly. Should be the real acid test of its durability.

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Thursday, November 28, 2013

Where Can I Buy HP Touchsmart IQ804 25.5-Inch All-in-One Desktop PC (2.16 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo T5850 Processor, 4 GB RAM, 500 GB Hard Drive, DVD Drive, Vista Premium) Black

HP Touchsmart IQ804 25.5-Inch All-in-One Desktop PC (2.16 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo T5850 Processor, 4 GB RAM, 500 GB Hard Drive, DVD Drive, Vista Premium) Black

HP Touchsmart IQ804 25.5-Inch All-in-One Desktop PC (2.16 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo T5850 Processor, 4 GB RAM, 500 GB Hard Drive, DVD Drive, Vista Premium) Black Review


HP Touchsmart IQ804 All-in-One PC. Touch screen technology puts your digital life at your fingertips with fast, easy access to info, entertainment and social networks. Next-generation HP TouchSmart software simplifies access to photos, videos, music and applications. Quick and easy touch access to your digital world. Sleek, next-generation design combines a 25.5 inch diagonal hi-def1 widescreen with a powerful energy efficient Intel Core 2 Duo processor. Plug one power cord into the wall and you¿re ready to go. Wireless keyboard and integrated WLAN30 offer a truly wireless experience. Low profile wireless keyboard stows away when not in use, freeing up valuable desk space. Colored HP Ambient Light lets you select a color lighting to set a mood, or see your keyboard in the dark. Sleek piano black design with elegant espresso side panel highlights. Next generation HP TouchSmart software brings a new level of fun to your photos, videos and music. Watch your favorite shows on the integrated 25.5 inch diagonal hi-def widescreen makes for amazing slideshows too. Enjoy high quality sound through the integrated premium stereo speakers. Watch and burn your personal videos with the built in DVD burner. Add an additional hard drive HP Pocket Media Drive easily and without any tools. The IQ804 ships with Genuine Windows Vista Home Premium with Service Pack 1, Intel Core 2 Duo Processor T5850, NVIDIA GeForce 9300 M GS HD graphics module with 256MB dedicated video memory and support for Blu-ray, and Microsoft DirectX 10, 4096MB PC2-5300 DDR2 SDRAM memory (2x2048MB) (expandable to 4GB), 500 GB (7200RPM) 3Gb/s Hard Drive (SATA) , Slot-load SuperMulti DVD Burner 8x DVD±R, 8x DVD+RW, 6x DVD-RW, 6x DVD±R DL, 5x DVD-RAM, 8x DVD-ROM, 24x CDR, 24x CDRW, 24x CD-ROM, and Wireless LAN (802.11b/g/n) with built-in WLAN antenna & Integrated Bluetooth. Dimensions: 26.04" (W) x 5.47" (L/D) x 19.63" (H) approx.; weight: 35.28 lbs approx.


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HP Touchsmart IQ804 25.5-Inch All-in-One Desktop PC (2.16 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo T5850 Processor, 4 GB RAM, 500 GB Hard Drive, DVD Drive, Vista Premium) Black Feature


  • Intel Core 2 Duo Processor 2.16GHz
  • 4GB DDR2 RAM
  • 500GB 7200RPM Hard Drive
  • 25.5-Inch Screen, NVIDIA
  • Windows Vista Home Permium 64-Bit






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14 of 16 people found the following review helpful.
3Lots of hype, decent delivery
By Javier Martinez
I bought this computer to have as a living room family computer. The touch screen capability and sleep look made me think it would be a great media server as well since everyone could run their iTunes libraries from it as well as feed movies to the TV and record with the TV tuner.

I've has it now for 5 months and:
1. Touch screen is no longer working properly and the available calibration tools can't fix the problem.
2. Keyboard stops responding intermittently and had to be replaced with a wired keyboard.
4. As another user (eclectic_in_CA) mentioned, if you launch the touchsmart then iTunes will not display properly. Also iTunes must be open in order for the touchsmart media player to be able to read your iTunes libraries, which then had the wrong album art attached to many albums.

I do like:
1. The size and brightness of the display
2. Once we learned not to open iTunes after launching touchsmart we all got along fine.
3. I currently have the touchsmart PC acting as my media server which feeds my PS3 and 2 TV's in addition to acting as a DVR to record from 1 of my direct tv receivers.
4. We can easily show pictures and videos to friends and family.

After it's all said and done, it delivered what it said it would....but not to full scale. You have to learn to work around it's glitches.

16 of 21 people found the following review helpful.
3Nice but still glitchy
By eclectic_in_CA
What sold this product for me was the touch function. After a lot of research, I finally took the plunge and bought the one-in-all from HP. I nearly bought the 816, but decided not to because I don't use blue-rays.

Pros: BIG monitor with great resolution--my Yosemite pix looks awesome on it; it's fast. I have yet to try out the TV tuner or the DVD player, but expect that they would be pretty nice.

Cons: Expense, and still glitchy. I've only had it for a little over a week and discovered several issues. One was discovered by my brother who helped me network the computer. Apparently, it has problems with MACs so we couldn't enable it. Another is some incompatibility with iTunes. If the HP Touchsmart is initialized before the iTunes, it garbles up the iTunes display--it goes black and you can't seen the commands. If you run iTunes in Window Vista after re-installing the corrupted files, you get a Rundll32 error in Windows. It's getting so that I'm thinking of uninstalling iTunes, and using my old Mac to charge up my iPod....

I uninstalled iTunes and it didn't fix the Rundll32 error message. What did fix it was to disable the screensaver. I have to find a permanent fix--need to do more reading.

Also discovered that the Adobe Flash Player that came with the PC can crash--apparently it's meant for a 32-bit system, and there's nothing for a 64-bit system. UGH!!!!

Also decided to copy my CDs--no iTunes. When I checked the Windows Media Player library, the music information was all wrong!!!

Looks like I've bought a computer with an expensive CD and DVD player. I'm afraid to find out what else might be wrong with it.

11 of 14 people found the following review helpful.
4Not Bad at all.......for a PC!
By D. Kupferschmid
Its no mac but i have to admit its not bad either. Vista is the weak link but the unit itself is rather snappy and performs well. The only real gripe so far is that you cannot use it as a monitor for video games. This would have been a real help and I assumed it would have worked since it doubles as a TV. When we connected the Xbox 360, there was a terrible delay that made gameplay impossible.

I tried resolving this with HP support but they didn't know why this was happening. Apparently I was the 1st to try this and they simply don't have experience with this issue yet. To their credit, the support team was very responsive.

Overall its a good machine. The touch screen works very well and the performance is good. It also looks very good mounted on the wall. If you have the extra $$$ and want a unique machine then this will most likely fit the bill.

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