the hps are not a bargain. Get the emachines t6212, when it's on sale, its a lot cheaper and emachines has changed for the better recently. I had problems and called them and their customer support was great. They sent me a brand new dl dvd+_rw drive to replace the broken one. Get the emachines,they're not a bad company since acquistion by gateway. I own 2 recent Compaq machines and 1 emachine t5026 also recent. They're both good, but for the value, i would go for the emachine... You won't find many complaints of the t6212 by people here on cnet. As for the question, the 335 and 340, it's just the clockspeed. It's not worth 60 to just get a higher clock speed. Celerons are really bad processors. The emachines comes with an AMD 64, with 64-bit support for the future and a pci-express (x16) slot for graphics upgrades.
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I'm getting a new computer for my mom. She now has a four-year old emachine. The only reason we're upgrading is because she wants high-speed internet and her current machine doesn't support it.
She basically does email, AOL, web surfing, word processing, printing, copying and faxing. She may get into some low-in web development but nothing much.
I've found two HPs both on sale at Best Buy. I can get one with all-in-one printer, Pavillion a804n (Celeron 335), and 17 in flat CRT for about $616, after rebates, including taxes. The Pavilion a1000n (Celeron 340) with basically the same features goes for about $675, after rebates, including taxes. She'll end up with two printers either way, the one that comes with the bundle which we'll probably trash and the all-in-one she really wants (HP Office Jet 5510). My question: is it worth paying the $60 extra to get the Celeron 340?
My brother hates emachines (awful experience) and since he's splitting the cost with me, hp is the way we're going to go.
Thanks for you help.
Angie

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