Hewlett Packard HP Pavilion 7950 (P5158A#ABA) PC Desktop

Pros: 1.2 GHz; 128 MB Mem; 60 GB Hard Drive; CD Writer; DVD, + lots more
Cons: Just over $1000 for the PC; ISP software may need upgrading to work

I purchased my HP Pavilion 7950 soon after it had come out on the market. I had been going back and forth for over a month considering two other desktops (one a Sony and the other a HP) when the 7950 appeared in the line-up. I was...

Pros: CD Burner, DVD, 128 MB, great video card...HP support
Cons: Windows ME

I've had this computer a few months and have been very impressed with the changes I find over my old computer. I really like the CD burner and have found it easy to use from the very first CD I created! I was able to transfer pictures from over 200...

Pros: CD Burner, DVD, 128 MB, great video card...HP support
Cons: Windows ME

I've had this computer about 2 1/2 weeks and have been very impressed with the changes I find over my old computer. I really like the CD burner and have found it easy to use from the very first CD I created! I was able to transfer pictures from over...

Pros: Speed, Easy to use, Inexpensive
Cons: Doesn't re-start when using the Start Menu Re-start option.

I have always trusted Hewlett Packard products, so when I went in search of a new computer Hewlett Packard was one of the names on my list. I have owned many brands of computers (Compaq, Milwaukee PC, Packard Bell, Gateway) and had the best performance...

Pros: Low cost easy turn-key computer.
Cons: Limited software package and built-ins are hard to get rid of.

I bought my HP 7950 from Best Buy about 6 months ago. I had up until this point always built my own machines by ordering parts from various companies and designing what I wanted from scratch.

Well, I thought this would be cheaper and it was...

Pros: Fast, Quiet, easy to upgrade
Cons: Wished the soundcard wasn't on-board

I bought this computer in August and I have had a very good experience so far, I noticed that with windows me it did freeze alot, I upgraded to windows xp from the hp upgrade program I got win xp for only 30 dollars, and I upgraded my ram to 512mb, With...

Pros: I'm still trying to think of one.
Cons: hard drive failed at 4 months, the cooling fans failed after 1 year

I built a computer for $700 that lasted 6 years. I thought HP was reliable so I made the plunge and upgraded to the HP Pavilion 7950 with the AMD processor. The hard drive failed after 4 months, after getting a new machine I was continually disapointed...

Pros: Fast machine, excellent graphics
Cons: Defective floppy drive out of box; very poor customer service

The HP Pavilion 7950 appeared to be a great machine, but arrived with a defective floppy drive - the heads appeared to be out of standard alignment so the drive worked properly with disks formatted in it, but would not read disks written on other...