Gee khaeman, what was the price, so we will be able to evaluate if a good buy. If you saw, "at the local Costco" in the US, how do you know it's available in Canada? A online search of Costco in Canada and the US reveals nothing on this HP Pavilion A867 CG.
After extensive digging in HP was able to come up with specs:
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?lc=en〈=en&cc=us&product=448709&dlc=en&docname=c00280717
The motherboard PTGD1-LA is not listed with Asus, apparently special made for HP. The specs does list a 915G chipset which supports both integrated (on board)GMA 900 video graphics that apparently comes with the PC and allows for upgrade to a PCI-Express x16 video card. If they made a mistake and the chipset is 915GV, then there is only the integrated on board GMA 900 graphics with no external graphics port. I notice the specs indicate three PCI with 2 available, and one PCI Express available, but doesn't indicate if it is a 1x bus or x16 for a Video Card.
What price and if you saw in Costco ask them where to buy. If in Canada, it may be a good buy for them, and should also be the same MODEL number in the US with possible lower price than in Canada.
Gee, when I get time I may be able to do further search 'footwork' for you.
I saw this at the local Costco in a bundle package w/a 19" LCD monitor. I can't seem to find any info online about this particular model except it's available in Canada. I am in the states, and am wondering what the US equivalent to this would be, and if it's available in Canada, what the hell is it doing here? Not a big fan of buying pre-packaged pc's, however, it's around my price range, and am computerless right now and Costco has a 6 month return policy on any computers.
Specs include a P4 3.4GHz 550 w/HT tech, 1 GB of pc3200 ddr sdram, 250GB 7200 SATA RAM, DVDRW/CDRW, lightscribe double layer 16X, Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 900 128 Mb shared.
Any opinions or feedback is appreciated. I don't know much, and have never had an HP, but am in a rush and don't have time to configure or wait for delivery.

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