After I Buy HP P7 1490 Pavilion Desktop
The computer replaced our 6 year old Dell, so there's a huge difference in speed and functionality. Anything would have been an improvement, but we are happy with this one. Just to pass on the information....there is a button on the front that should open the 'Expansion Bay' door. It doesn't. The first time we pushed it, it got stuck so we assumed that it was broken. It felt like it wasn't connected to anything. HP India was baffled and had never heard of a problem like this so we started the return process, with great aggravation, having spent multiple hours moving stuff onto the computer and getting it set up. When the new one arrived, it had the same problem. The button didn't work. After a little research, we felt a quite foolish, finding that HP no longer uses the Expansion Bay, but continues to use the case, so the door isn't supposed to open and the button is indeed non-functional--and their support staff doesn't seem to have a clue. Oh well....it works and we didn't have to start over, but we are out another $20 for shipping. Lesson learned. May it spare you the hassle!
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This computer saved my life, it is super fast and functions amazingly with a very good processor GPS speed and all live up to their expectations. I just had one difficulty. I mainly bought this computer for mainstream stuff like youtube and work, but occasionally I like to play games as well. When I tried to play call of duty the internal graphics card would not handle it well. This is its only flaw, but it will do fine with everything else. This is a must buy product.
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BalasHapusUPDATED 12/27/2012:
BalasHapusI had ordered this computer as a Christmas gift. In my initial review you will see that I had issues with the computer freezing and requiring a hard reboot. Amazon was great and sent me a replacement as well as scheduled pickup of the one I had. I notified Amazon on December 25 and by December 27 had the new computer up and running!
The replacement took just a couple of hours to setup. Out of the box it worked great and my time was mostly spent installing my own copy of Office and then running all of the windows and office updates.
This computer definitely meets all of my expectations!
PREVIOUSLY 12/25/2012:
I have another HP so I was expecting an easy setup which it was. But within about 30 minutes of use the computer froze. No mouse, keyboard, or image movement, just a frozen system. After a hard reboot everything seemed fine but with a short duration it froze again. There does not seem to be a consistent reason for the freeze. I was able to run windows updates and get all the latest windows patches but that did not clear up the random and intermittent freezes. At this time I don't know if this is a hardware issue or OS. I am leaning towards bad RAM but I won't know until I run a memtest or discuss options with either Amazon or HP. Out of the box and as a gift I am a bit unhappy but depending on the resolution I will have to stick with a 2 star rating for now.
I purchased this computer when my low end Dell crashed. It was Christmas time and so I wanted to get this online to avoid the crowds in the stores. I have been very happy with this pc so far. I was a little apprehensive as it has Windows 8 on it, but I do like the virtual interaction Windows 8 offers and I am very pleased with it. It has more power than my old pc and with a 1 terabyte hard drive I have ample room for storage. The delivery was exceptional even though it was two days before Christmas! I am now learning about Windows 8, and there is a learning curve but I am enjoying it. I feel I got a good pc for the price, and I would recommend it.
BalasHapusThe computer replaced our 6 year old Dell, so there's a huge difference in speed and functionality. Anything would have been an improvement, but we are happy with this one. Just to pass on the information....there is a button on the front that should open the 'Expansion Bay' door. It doesn't. The first time we pushed it, it got stuck so we assumed that it was broken. It felt like it wasn't connected to anything. HP India was baffled and had never heard of a problem like this so we started the return process, with great aggravation, having spent multiple hours moving stuff onto the computer and getting it set up. When the new one arrived, it had the same problem. The button didn't work. After a little research, we felt a quite foolish, finding that HP no longer uses the Expansion Bay, but continues to use the case, so the door isn't supposed to open and the button is indeed non-functional--and their support staff doesn't seem to have a clue. Oh well....it works and we didn't have to start over, but we are out another $20 for shipping. Lesson learned. May it spare you the hassle!
BalasHapusAdd up everything that it has and you would expect to pay more. And now its even cheaper than when I bought it 4 weeks ago. I'm not sold on windows 8 yet and may never be. I would have liked an HDMI port but I knew it didn't have one coming in. My son has taken it over so far this Christmas break but I plan on getting to know it better once he's back in school. It came with 6Gig of memory(a 4 + 2) which I pulled out a replaced with 2 x 8Gig and it is very fast. All in all very happy with the purchase.
BalasHapusAmazing price, great performance from this tower. Very fast startup, runs multiple applications no problem, and two displays are easy to connect. Would buy at twice the price.
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