The HP Pavilion Elite M9040n is a digital media oriented desktop computer. It features a 15-in-1 Media Card Reader and six USB 2.0 ports. It functions as a Personal Video Recorder (PVR) and the programming guide will allow you to watch, pause, rewind, and record live television. If features built in 802.11b/g 54g Wi-Fi networking and has a wireless keyboard and mouse.

1. Windows Vista Home Premium with Windows Media Center
2. Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4 GHz Processor
3. 1066MHz Front Side Bus and dual 4 MB L2 caches
4. 3GB of PC2-5300 RAM
5. 640GB (2×320) 7200 RPM SATA Hard Drives
6. 16x DVD±R/RW 12x RAM ±R Dual Layer LightScribe SATA Optical Drive
7. nVIDIA GeForce 8400GS with 256MB DDR Memory
8. HDMI
9. Dual-Link DVI
10. S-Video ports
11. TV Tuner Card (ATSC/NTSC) with FM tuner
12. Dimensions: 16.61 x 7.0 x 15.51
13. Weight: 24 pounds

• PC Magazine: HP Pavilion Elite m9040n PC: At A Glance (November 28, 2007)
  • PC Magazine states the HP Pavilion Elite M9040n is a good quality for the price with its media drive bays, tv tuner and wireless keyboard and mouse. The cons they list include the confusion of dual drives and lack of HD-DVD / Blu-ray.
  • Editor Rating: 4.5 out of 5
• CNET: HP Pavilion Elite m9040n Desktop reviews
  • CNET editors state this is a fast computer and has digital media oriented configuration but lacks bluetooth and has an excess of external hard-drive bays.
  • Editor Rating: 7.5 out of 10 User Rating: 6.5 our of 10
• Product-Reviews: HP Pavilion Elite M9040N: Digital-Media Desktop PC (January 25, 2008)
• ABC News: HP Pavilion Elite m9040n (September 7, 2007)
• CBS News: HP Pavilion Elite m9040n
• ZDNet: HP Pavilion Elite m9040n Review & Comparison