NEC launches PowerMate P4000 and P6000 all-in-ones

We've noticed a pattern with NEC -- compact, minimalist computer designs with low-end to run-of-the-mill specs. There's nothing wrong with having a specialty, and NEC Asia Pacific is sticking with what it knows with the PowerMate P4000 and P6000 all-in-ones. The P4000 is a light worker (to put it perhaps too kindly), with a 1.9GHz AMD Athlon 64 X2 processor, 1GB of RAM, 250GB of hard disk space, an NVIDIA GeForce 9100M G integrated graphics chip, and a 16-inch display at 1366 x 768. We'd go instead for the P6000 (pictured above), which is actually competitive with similarly priced all-in-ones like the Gateway One. It's got a 2.53GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, twice the storage and memory of its lesser sibling, integrated NVIDIA GeForce 9300, and a roomier 19-inch, 1440 x 900 display. Both systems are due for release in Asia next week, the P4000 at S$1,899 ($1,270) and the P6000 at S$2,499 ($1,675). The latter is clearly the better deal, but they're both expensive compared to bulkier alternatives -- desk space is at a premium these days. Pic of the P4000 after the break.

[Via PCLaunches]

[OneLove @ Nov 10th 2008 2:47PM]

nec still makes pc's?

[eggothewaffle @ Nov 10th 2008 2:57PM]

"compact, minimalist computer designs with low-end to run-of-the-mill specs"

Sounds like a computer company I know from Cupertino!

[Saad Rabia @ Nov 10th 2008 3:16PM]

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=computer&sll=37.315813,-122.043976&sspn=0.129424,0.263329&g=cupertino&ie=UTF8&z=12

Which one?

[eggothewaffle @ Nov 10th 2008 3:18PM]

Borland Software Corporation‎, of course! I hate how much attention their borPhone has gotten despite missing so many features I've gotten used to on other smartphones.

[Macca @ Nov 10th 2008 7:32PM]

To me it looked like a copy of the Sony all-in-ones actually. I was surprised to see "NEC" on the front label.

[andy @ Nov 10th 2008 2:57PM]

The BlackBerry hands-on story prior to this story doesn't have comment enabled, anyone know why that is?

[Saad Rabia @ Nov 10th 2008 3:10PM]

Comment over here:

http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/11/10/atandt-blackberry-bold-hands-on/

[Jeremy K. @ Nov 10th 2008 3:02PM]

Screen size and graphics card FTL. The design looks pretty cool though.

[1234321 @ Nov 11th 2008 12:29AM]

damn, I was scrolling down, and thought it was gonna be a nice laptop, then it was just like meh

[Evoss-X @ Nov 10th 2008 3:04PM]

that keyboard is like from 1997

[Saad Rabia @ Nov 10th 2008 3:14PM]

Yeah, it's probably because of the white color, which was invented in 1995 by Stupidous White, and the thin factor which was also available before the creation of the color white.

[busty @ Nov 10th 2008 3:36PM]

More like 1983 and the C64. Oh, memories....

[uShak @ Nov 10th 2008 9:24PM]

Now where have I seen that keyboard before....
oh right: http://images.bestbuy.com/BestBuy_US/images/products/9075/9075715aca.jpg

comes with this ASUS desktop:
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=9075715&type=product&id=1218016140886

[Scythe @ Nov 10th 2008 3:07PM]

Looks just fast enough to play Oregon Trail....

[Ethan @ Nov 10th 2008 3:20PM]

Looks like what the Computer of Tomorrow looked like about 10 years back.

[Ethan @ Nov 10th 2008 3:21PM]

And yet it doesn't look too bad. Can we do 90s retrofuturism yet or is it too early?

[Andrew Lazetera @ Nov 10th 2008 3:28PM]

Everybody down on the AMD processors. The 2.1GHz (OC to 2.4) Brisbane dual core has enough horsepower to push Mass Effect on High, and Oblivion on Highest. Yeah I wouldn't put an nshittia video card in anything I own, but the processor in that thing is no slouch. And all I have is a ATI HD 2900 in my rig.

Even a Turion X2 2.0GHz/ATI HD 2600 can handle any of today's games, at the very least on full resolution and medium to high quality.

But yeah, I agree with eggothewaffle and Evoss-X... LOL

[MarbleMind @ Nov 10th 2008 4:36PM]

Go fanboy around somewhere else. Thank you.

[Valicore @ Nov 10th 2008 3:28PM]

LOL at a lot of the comments. The design just reminds me of something out of 1992. Make it beige and you've got a nightmare

[iGO @ Nov 10th 2008 3:56PM]

That is one Fugly Computer. WOW.!!!

Look at those finger legs sticking out of the bottom of the display
and those keyboards are a complete mess!!!

Ha Ha Ha Ha ..Ha Ha Ha HA ....Belly ache laughs

[Troels C @ Nov 10th 2008 4:06PM]

I want touch... multi touch!

[AMiSH PiRATE @ Nov 10th 2008 4:29PM]

When I first saw that, I thought it was the commodore 64 I grew up with. I wonder if it has a DE-9 connection port.

[Geqxon @ Nov 10th 2008 5:45PM]

This confirms that the iMac is overpriced. I mean, with Apple, for the same price, you only get a 20" screen instead of this much better 16" display!