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Pros & Cons
Pros
I5 intel cpu combined with ample ram is great for a home pc. Comes with mcafee, which i uninstalled, and easily installed the anti-virus software i'd been using on my old computer. Windows 7 lets you disable advertising if you know how to do it.
Cons
"it's now in garbage!
However is that download safe? I'm forced to use an external disk driver to boot.
As a life long pc customer, this is like crapping on your customers. There is nothing we can do without 4-7 windows popping up with services that require paid subscriptions. Never buy hp again.
Highlights
Quality
Super easy to install and little to no bloatware.
Great product, hp has improved since the first one i bought in 1995.
Everyone said to avoid w8, as it was clunky and not as user friendly.
This one had a hard drive problem and would not boot up at all.
Price
I had actually bought the hp "envy" for $999 but it had windows 10.
Shipping
This one arrived quickly, was very easy to set up.
It is exactly what i was looking for--delivery was as promised.
I live on east coast and computer was shipped from texas.
I sent it back to hp's repair facility and the fixed in a very short period of time and returned it to me post paid.
Packaging/appearance
I checked with hp and found out that it was still in the warranty period, they sent the packaging material with prepaid shipping.
Competitiveness
I use it once in a while and it works really well, not slow or laggy, my dad even said that he was much better compared to the ... Read More
Hp is my go to brand for all things pc , and printing.
Compaq presario is no longer sold so i purchased the hp pavilion 500-281, this computer is similiar to the compaq presario tower.
Windows 7 is better than windows 10.
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- This product had a total of 373 reviews as of our last analysis date on Feb 22 2024.
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Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Should have bought two instead of one
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Power supply and processor sucks but its a decent starting out gaming pc
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
All you have to do is throw a graphic card in
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I had a compaq presario tower with windows 7
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Compaq presario is no longer sold so i purchased the hp pavilion 500281 this computer is similiar to the compaq presario tower
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Bought this one to replace my old hp dest top i didnt want windows ten
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
You cant find a windows 7 pc anywhere but on amazon
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
You still have the option to upgrade to windows 10 for free until next july
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