Question about HP 27" IPS Intel 4GB RAM

Annabellethecat66 · ‎03-12-2010

@SharkE I know you just bought a new computer. What do you think of this? At HSN - 518-975? Think the screen is too big?

I have 3 IPADS and a mini IPAD so I'm not worried about having to move the big screen.

What do you think of the size though? I'm a little worried?

SharkE · ‎08-19-2010

I'll answer U over in the other place

hckynut · ‎03-10-2010

@Annabellethecat66

I checked the specs when I saw the DVR of this computer. It has old technology used by Intel. For me, it is lacking in RAM, and is using the older Intel Pentium "Dual Core Processor". Dual Core, while at one time the latest, has been surpassed by Quad Core and the "i series/1/3/5/7" that are Intel Processors.

hckynut(john)

Nuttmeg · ‎03-09-2010

I agree with John. You may want to look at Best Buy or HP for an AlO computer.

glb613 · ‎03-09-2010

I wouldn't recommend it for all of the reasons already posted. Many new notebook computers can't be opened by the owner. Years ago, there was access to the RAM and hard drive loacted on the bottom of the computer. You only needed a small screw driver and you could increase the memory. Most notebook computers don't have access so it's critical to get the most RAM it will hold or you can afford. A computer with only 4GB will not run well.

Annabellethecat66 · ‎03-12-2010

Thanks everyone for your help. In the end I decided not to get it. It seems like often when QVC and HSN has something like that (electronic) it isn't the latest and greatest.

This isn't something one (hopefully) purchases often, so I figure "let the buyer beware"

My daughter is in Germany and Switzerland for Christmas so I figure when she gets back she can pick out whatever she wants.

I STILL like my 'old' Samsung, especially considering it keeps on ticking. Recently Bill the cat (who is enormous) sat on the thing and broke the screen then after that he jumped from the back of the couch onto the keys (it was open). It made a noise like crackling and the screen when like in the old days when TV was going off the air (remember those days, and we'd see the flag flying). For you young babes, that was actual event every night and we loved seeing the flag wave....where was I?

Oh! About the computer...thanks it made me feel better about my decision. I also kept thinking....if I'd have bought it for me, Bill could do some major damage on that big screen.

Did I mention (about the screen) my son-in-law bought a new screen and put it on this Samsung and it's better than it has been for a long time...maybe Bill just figured it was time for a new computer screen! Ha!

Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah and just an all around happy day.

bonnielu · ‎03-11-2010

I was about to make the purchase. I contacted a friend IN T HE KNOW. He told me it would not be fast enough, nor would it hold enough. So I just declined to buy it. I will update mine at a later date with his help.

hckynut · ‎03-10-2010

@bonnielu wrote:
I was about to make the purchase. I contacted a friend IN T HE KNOW. He told me it would not be fast enough, nor would it hold enough. So I just declined to buy it. I will update mine at a later date with his help.

@bonnielu

Smart not to buy it, however! When you say "nor would it hold enough"? It did have a 1tb hard drive, more than enough for my use. I will choose a smaller SSD hard drive over an HHD huge hard drive any day.

Unless you are storing tons of High Def video, or are using it as a Universal Control Center, going above 1tb?

hckynut(john)

Nuttmeg · ‎03-09-2010

@hckynut wrote:
@bonnielu wrote:
I was about to make the purchase. I contacted a friend IN T HE KNOW. He told me it would not be fast enough, nor would it hold enough. So I just declined to buy it. I will update mine at a later date with his help.

@bonnielu

Smart not to buy it, however! When you say "nor would it hold enough"? It did have a 1tb hard drive, more than enough for my use. I will choose a smaller SSD hard drive over an HHD huge hard drive any day.

Unless you are storing tons of High Def video, or are using it as a Universal Control Center, going above 1tb?

hckynut(john)

Hi

It is getting popular to config computers today with a SSD "boot" drive, and a data storage drive. The "boot" drive holds Windows 10.

gardenman · ‎03-09-2010

@Nuttmeg wrote:
@hckynut wrote:
@bonnielu wrote:
I was about to make the purchase. I contacted a friend IN T HE KNOW. He told me it would not be fast enough, nor would it hold enough. So I just declined to buy it. I will update mine at a later date with his help.

@bonnielu

Smart not to buy it, however! When you say "nor would it hold enough"? It did have a 1tb hard drive, more than enough for my use. I will choose a smaller SSD hard drive over an HHD huge hard drive any day.

Unless you are storing tons of High Def video, or are using it as a Universal Control Center, going above 1tb?

hckynut(john)
Hi
It is getting popular to config computers today with a SSD "boot" drive, and a data storage drive. The "boot" drive holds Windows 10.

Yep. A solid state drive is lightning quick and can load Windows in nearly no time. Their prices have come down quite a bit also. Put any slow loading program like Windows, Office, or such on an SSD and it will no longer a slow loading program.

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