HP hasn't made many major changes to its back-to-school desktop line-up. Of the four new systems, each has a slightly updated chassis design from preceding models, but from the components to the pricing, HP largely stays within its mainstream comfort zone. We hoped for a more thorough revision at some of HP's clunkier design elements, but aside from that these systems appear to offer the same aggressive mix of pricing and components we expect from HP, if not much in the way of headline-friendly innovation.
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HP Pavilion SlimLine s5000 Series
We reviewed a SlimLine s3000-series desktop just last month, but it seems with this new announcement that system is now out of date. This new model features a sleeker front panel, and what seem to be generally lower prices. You can still find the same spread of AMD and Intel CPUs from AMD Sempron and Athlon X2 chips, all the way up to lower-end Intel Core 2 Quad chips. Prices start at $290, but add a Blu-ray drive, 802.11n networking, and other options and you can easily cross over into $1,000 territory. Your dollar also seems to go a bit further with the s5000 series. We configured an s5110t to match our $870 s3170t review unit from last month and the price came in at a much more attractive $710.
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