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great all round desktop
by mregenst
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April 4, 2008
Pros: speed,media access,quite user friendly
Cons: 2 external hard drive bays(Hp drives)
Summary: My 1st HP desktop. Very pleased. Bought at Best Buy (Canada). The experience at Best Buy was not great-but the rig itself is great. I subsequently bought the 160gig pocket ...
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Summary: My 1st HP desktop. Very pleased. Bought at Best Buy (Canada). The experience at Best Buy was not great-but the rig itself is great. I subsequently bought the 160gig pocket media drive, & 500gig media drive for added storage. Interface good, speed, & most of all HP support is VERY GOOD...very happy ( & the 22in monitor w2207h is super as well)
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9
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Best Desktop PC in the world!
by josephfuentes
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March 26, 2008
Pros: It is fast, tons of room for growth and just does everything!
Cons: I wish the tower were a bit physically smaller
Summary: I've never owned a desktop PC before just laptops. I was using my wife's laptop and it just got killed by some spyware/virus. So I decided to ...
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Summary: I've never owned a desktop PC before just laptops. I was using my wife's laptop and it just got killed by some spyware/virus. So I decided to splurge and get a shiny new desktop. And I haven't looked back ever since. I love it!
For me I think it was a bit of overkill for my uses (email, web surfing, DVD watching, print few pages, scan few pages) - I'm the little old grandma of computing. But I have no regrets. Great box.
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9
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I love this Computer!
by FireNaz
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February 14, 2008
Pros: Fast, Very Quiet, Wireless Internet, Stable system
Cons: Media Card Reader conflicts with Vista. Microsoft says fix is on the way, it's 8mos over due.
Summary: I started off with the Pavillion Elite 9040. I thought there was a defective media card reader in it and took it back. I found this model and it wasn'...
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Summary: I started off with the Pavillion Elite 9040. I thought there was a defective media card reader in it and took it back. I found this model and it wasn't much more, but it had an improved graphics card and more hard drive. However, I found the same issue with the media reader, so after going through two hours with tech support to fix the issue, (including opening it up and disconnecting the media reader and reconnecting it) finally tech support realized it was conflicting with Vista. There is suppose to be a fix coming, but the techy said don't hold my breath. So oh well, I bought an external media reader and moved on.
The rest of this system is amazing! I didn't realize how much noise I was putting up with from the gateways I've always had. This thing is so quiet I can't believe it. The three gigs of memory make Vista run like a dream too. I run CS3 and Nero 8, both memory hogs, at the same time and have no problems at all.
Over-all one of the best desktops in this price range that I've found. Unless your a serious gamer, this PC will handle anything you throw at it.
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7
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Great computer - some component glitches
by AlwaysBelieve
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November 4, 2008
Pros: This computer has everything. speed, memory, tv tuner, dvr, light scribe CD technology, dvd and a great rubberized docking area for your gadgets on top...
Over all an excellent machine.
Cons: Cheap wireless keyboard, and video tuner card problems..at time a bit noisey,
Summary: I have had some problems - 1. the wireless keyboard and mouse are basically pieces of junk. I would have much rather had a quality wired keyboard and mouse. or ...
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Summary: I have had some problems - 1. the wireless keyboard and mouse are basically pieces of junk. I would have much rather had a quality wired keyboard and mouse. or at least just a wired keyboard. The first one i got I had to replace. The keyboard just kept sticking - typing hundreds of letters without me even having my hand on it. it was murder trying ot get a CSR on the "LIve" feed at HP.com support - and when you do get them you know they are talking to 3 other people at the same time which is frustrating when you have to sit three and wait 5 minutes for the response when you only types in an answer to theri question.
They quickly sent me out an entirely new keyboard which arrives in three working days and worked fine. well as fine as it is ever going to. It sporatically misses letters at times and I have already replaced the batteries once in 30 days...THEN i couldnt get the tv tuner to work at all it kept telling me windows could not find a tuner. I sourced the support FAQs and tried everything then did the on line "live" support again... YEs another nightmare waited like 25 minutes till someone responded. again took forever and then had to re-seat the tuner card so i had to contact them again the next day when that didnt work. Ended up they had me try liek 4 differnt things and NOTHING.. they had to send me out a new one. Again it came quickly - about 3 working days. I replaced it and since everything has been fine. so all in all if everything worked the first time this thing would have been outstanding...
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A lot of features for the money!
by kurly1313
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October 30, 2008
Pros: I like the Quad Core CPU,two hard drives,media center,fire wire,HDMI,dual DVD drives,and overall sleek piano black finish.This is a very quiet machine.
Cons: If your a serious gamer,you might have to upgrade the Nvidea 8500 GT card...and that means a new power supply.This can be a chore,but if you like mainstream games & HDTV..this is perfectly fine.
Summary: I got mine as a refurb...$630 no problems at all.I paired it with HP w2207h 22" monitor...wow! everything matches perfectly.Any way you put it...your getting ...
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Summary: I got mine as a refurb...$630 no problems at all.I paired it with HP w2207h 22" monitor...wow! everything matches perfectly.Any way you put it...your getting a lot of nice stuff for a decent price.
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Good PC if your to lazy/busy to build your own machine.
by savantofwrath
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June 14, 2008
Pros: Overall Great System,Good CPU, Enough RAM, not wasting extra RAM with only 32bit OS
Cons: Not Vista Ultimate, Needs Better Video Card, Too Many HP Media Bays, Mouse and Keyboard are horrible
Summary: I feel that this PC is probably one of the best pre-built machines out there. It has a great CPU, enough RAM and all the internal peripherials are SATA. That ...
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Summary: I feel that this PC is probably one of the best pre-built machines out there. It has a great CPU, enough RAM and all the internal peripherials are SATA. That makes it for one quick system. Optional RAID setup from the board is a plus and a PCIEx16 slot on the MBA is great if you wanna upgrade the Video Card. Good overall for a manufatured PC
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Look elsewhere for a computer
by Robert Leigh
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April 15, 2008
Pros: There are no pros
Cons: Tuner didn't work , it won't burn CD's , no help from HP
Summary: I bought this from Best Buy . I tried to return it after three weeks of trying to get it to work . Did you know Best Buy has a fifteen day ...
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Summary: I bought this from Best Buy . I tried to return it after three weeks of trying to get it to work . Did you know Best Buy has a fifteen day return policy on Computers ? HP online help is a joke . After two weeks of trying to get the Digital tuner to work some HP tech advised me to get an HD Television . He said that I needed an HD Television to allow the Digital tuner in my Pavilion computer to work . Does this make sense to you ? Oh , and it can't make Audio CD's . My stereo in my house and my car stereo refuses to play the finalized Audio CD made with the Pavilion . Again , no help from HP . I wish I had bought another PC . Maybe you won't make this mistake .
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9
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amazing buy
by arshavir
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March 6, 2008
Pros: fast, clean, everything you basically want in a computer at a cheap price too
Cons: cant think of any, proably just the fact you cant upgrade it too much, but who would want to!
Summary: amazing computer, my first HP computer and probably the first of many. everything I wanted at an amazing low price, amazing for everything from everyday activities to high end gaming. ...
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Summary: amazing computer, my first HP computer and probably the first of many. everything I wanted at an amazing low price, amazing for everything from everyday activities to high end gaming. Media center is great for different entertainment features. overall, great all in one product for a great price.
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