HP Pavilion 8655C

Pros: Reasonable price, nice styling, good features
Cons: Freezes up sometimes, Slow CD-RW

My original review of this computer was my first review on Epinions and to be quite honest, I felt that the original review was so bad that it needed to be completely redone.

I've had this HP Pavilion for roughly a year now. My problems...

Pros: Nice Keyboard
Cons: Not Reliable

I am a student at Indiana University. I bought the HP Pavillion 8655C because it was newer and faster the my old Pentium 150. I bought my computer on UBID on 21 Sep 00. It arrived very timely. I opened the factory box and plugged it in.

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Pros: Fast! Plenty of perks!
Cons: Locks up frequently

I needed to upgrade my HP Pavilion Pentium I that I purchased in 1995. I had no problems whatsoever with it, so I decided to go back with HP. I ordered the PC (refurbished) from uBid.com. in September, 2000. It come with a 90 day warranty and it...

Pros: Cd Writer
Cons: Locks Up

My computer has been to HP Bench Repair twice in the last three months. It is still not repaired!
This is a follow-up to my other posting and the continuos problems I have had with this system. It has been nothing but trouble.
The...

Pros: Blazing Fast, CD-RW, Huge Hard Drive
Cons: Only 2 USB ports, Low Stock RAM, FREEZES CONSTANTLY

OK, This is my review of my HP Pavilion 8655C.

Basically, I have had a lot of problems when it was purchased it back in August 2000. Called HP several times, but I never sent it back to them, didn't want to. It was my first computer, and I...

Pros: Great Price, Excellent computer
Cons: Well, not to many.

This computer, made by HP, is almost everything you need. It's speed and memory provides for excellent use. It is simple to use, and easy to set up. I would definitely recommend this computer. Especially if you are a college student looking for a...

Pros: Nice overall, CDRW, pretty fast
Cons: FREEZES UP LIKE CRAZY

I've had this computer for about a year. I like it but there is one HUGE problem I have with it and that is it locks up lots and lots and lots. Usually for no reason. It has lots of good features like ... the keyboard and the CD writer. I thought...

Pros: CD Burner works nice.
Cons: Locks-up constantly.

I bought this computer 2 years ago and have had nothing but problems with it. I'll be surprised if I can get through writing this review without my computer totally locking-up on me. You see, I've had this problem with this computer from the first week...

Pros: very stylish
Cons: doesn't come with moniter

I bought this computer because I was looking for a inexspensive but a quality computer. I found this computer on www.ubid.com! A person looking for a an entertainment computer should get this. It has DVD and CD-RW. With a musicmathch player included in...

Pros: Nice looking case
Cons: Frequent lockups

I purchased my HP 8655 new in July 2000 from Office depot. From the first day in began to lock-up and the CTRL, ALT, DEL was unresponsive, therefore I had to perform cold boots. I contacted HP Tech Support many many times over a 12 month period. I...

Pros: 2 cd drives(1 writer), front ports, sound system
Cons: Constant lockups while online, horrible tech support

After being a long time computer user but never an owner, I decided to buy this unit based on the good price and features. I had no idea that a product could be such garbage, and I wish I had known about this website before purchasing a computer. HP...