Another "Is this a good PC deal?" post

[02bfishn]

Finally need to step up from the old P4 - its 8 years old and really stresses on some big Photoshop and Indesign files. After looking at Dell and others - the below looks like quite a bit of machine for the dollar - appreciate your thoughts and advice.

Will still be running the Adobe CS2 suite for the near term. Mostly photo work and package design in Photoshop, catalog and print design in Indesign. Possibly get into playing with some video editing (Vegas).

Wondering if I should jump on this or see what Black Friday / Cyber Monday brings. Thanks in advance for any comments and opinions

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HP Pavilion Elite e9280t PC

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Genuine Windows 7 Professional 64-bit
Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-920 processor [2.66GHz, 1MB L2 + 8MB shared L3 cache]
FREE UPGRADE! 9GB DDR3-1066MHz SDRAM [5 DIMMs] from 8GB
640GB 7200 rpm SATA 3Gb/s hard drive
1GB ATI Radeon HD 4650 [DVI, HDMI, VGA]
LightScribe 16X max. DVD+/-R/RW SuperMulti drive
Integrated 10/100/1000 (Gigabit) Ethernet, No wireless LAN
15-in-1 memory card reader, 1 USB, 1394, audio
No TV Tuner
Integrated 7.1 channel sound with front audio ports
HP USB 2.0 stereo speakers
HP multimedia keyboard and HP optical mouse
Microsoft(R) Works 9.0
Norton Internet Security(TM) 2010 - 15 month
HP Home & Home Office Store in-box envelope$1157 with shipping and tax

[In2Photos]

That's not bad, although I am not an HP fan.

I think most would say to wait until black Friday/cyber Monday though.

[02bfishn]

Yeah - never drank from the HP cup - always had satisfactory results with Dell. I'll probably holdoff for the "great" deal.

Thx

[BeritOlam]

Wondering if I should jump on this or see what Black Friday / Cyber Monday brings. Thanks in advance for any comments and opinions.

OK for $1150. If you can wait for the coming Holiday rush, I would. All depends how badly you really need it. Everything I've seen so far makes me think there will be no shortage of supply, so I expect you'll see some prices drop.