NEC launches PowerMate P4000 and P6000 all-in-ones
By Samuel Axon 
posted Nov 10th 2008 2:44PM
posted Nov 10th 2008 2:44PM
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.
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nec still makes pc's?
"compact, minimalist computer designs with low-end to run-of-the-mill specs"
Sounds like a computer company I know from Cupertino!
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?
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.
To me it looked like a copy of the Sony all-in-ones actually. I was surprised to see "NEC" on the front label.
The BlackBerry hands-on story prior to this story doesn't have comment enabled, anyone know why that is?
Comment over here:
http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/11/10/atandt-blackberry-bold-hands-on/
Screen size and graphics card FTL. The design looks pretty cool though.
damn, I was scrolling down, and thought it was gonna be a nice laptop, then it was just like meh
that keyboard is like from 1997
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.
More like 1983 and the C64. Oh, memories....
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
Looks just fast enough to play Oregon Trail....
Looks like what the Computer of Tomorrow looked like about 10 years back.
And yet it doesn't look too bad. Can we do 90s retrofuturism yet or is it too early?
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
Go fanboy around somewhere else. Thank you.
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
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
I want touch... multi touch!
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.
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!