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Desktops & workstations buying guide - your unique desktop needs

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Your unique desktop needs

Your unique desktop needs
Although desktop specifications can be pages long, there are a few key specifications you need to consider.
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Your hard drive is your data repository, and also where all of your business applications and their related files are stored. You need to be sure that your system has enough hard drive space to support all of the data you work with today, your operating system, your applications, and the data you expect to generate in the life of the PC. Hard drive space is measured in Gigabytes (GB).

If your work is data intensive and you store your data on your local system rather than a file server, consider an 80 or 120 GB hard drive. However, if you don't produce large amounts of data, or if you keep most business data on a separate server, a 40 GB drive is a cost-effective and acceptable size drive.

*Internet Price is the base price for online purchases direct from HP Canada. Product currently not sold online may be purchased from a HP authorized retailer. In this case, Internet Price is a suggested resale price. Your retailer may sell for less.


Certain Windows Vista product features require advanced or additional hardware. See www.microsoft.com/windowsvista/getready/hardwarereqs.mspx and www.microsoft.com/windowsvista/getready/capable.mspx for details. Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor can help you determine which features of Windows Vista will run on your computer. To download the tool, visit www.windowsvista.com/upgradeadvisor.