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Shuttle XPC P2 3900g

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Pros
Small, compact case
Fast performance
Cons
Lacks expandability
High price

Performance: Very Good: 89
Features: Fair: 68
Design: Very Good: 81

Find out how these scores, and their relative weights, combine to produce the PC World Rating.

Performance
Adobe Photoshop CS2	366
Autodesk 3ds max 8.0 SP-3 DirectX	344
Autodesk 3ds max 8.0 SP-3 Rendering	342
Firefox 2	222
Microsoft Office 2003 with SP-1	340
Microsoft Windows Media Encoder 9.0	206
Nero 7 Ultra Edition	365
Overall Graphics Score	Superior
Roxio VideoWave Movie Creator 1.5	202
Winzip Computing WinZip 10.0	207
WorldBench 6 Score	114
WorldBench 6 Word Score	Very Good

WorldBench 6 Tests
Multitasking	251

What You Should Know about the XPC P2 3900g

Good Amount of RAM for Running Multiple Apps at Once

This computer includes between 1GB and 3GB of RAM, our recommended level for a new PC. This much memory lets you run any modern operating system and comfortably work with quite a few applications open. The more installed memory your PC has, the more programs you can run smoothly at once, and the better the system will perform. Upgrading memory in a desktop after you purchase the PC is a breeze, but usually it's worthwhile to buy the amount of memory you want preinstalled with the system.

To use more than 4GB of memory on your PC, you need the 64-bit version of Windows XP or Windows Vista. The PCs that you see equipped with 3GB of memory (instead of 4GB) tend to use the 32-bit versions of Windows that are limited to 4GB of addressable memory, the top portion of which is addressed by the various hardware devices on the system.