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Compaq Presario Pentium 4 3GHz Desktop PC
$299.99 + $5 Shipping
Condition: Refurbished

Product List:
- 1 Compaq Presario SR2170NX Desktop P4 3GHz, 1GB RAM, 160GB HD, DVDRW, Vista Home OS

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and now... some linkage... all those comparison shopping links... could be useful... other than that, why can't we get this product in fire engine red... or something... nevermind... its a refurbie... not worthy of hot fire status... ... ... YET.

CPU unlocked ?

Pentium 4? No thanks.

no dual core, no monitor, no deal

Compaq makes lousy computers.

crappy woot.. good night..
i bought a desktop 3 years ago with this same spec, bigger 250 hd for 350 dollar.. where's the Bandolier of Carrots?!?!

Compaq? Do they still have the same reputation for lousy quality thay used to? Or did they get better when they got bought by HP?

Maybe back in 2004... Vista is terrible. See y'all tomorrow.

it was like looking in a mirror. I am on this right now. Not bad for a slow computer without much memory. For basic internet browsing this is fine.

This seems to be a great buy for a back to school computer, if your kid does not need a laptop. I already have a good enough system, but this one is much much better.

Frys.com offers the factory-refurbished HP Pavilion a1730n Athlon 64 X2 4600+ 2.4GHz Desktop PC for $399.99. With $12.72 for shipping, it's the lowest total price we could find for this configuration by $75. Features include the Athlon 64 X2 4600+ 2.4GHz processor, 2GB RAM, 320GB Serial ATA hard drive, dual layer DVD burner with LightScribe, USB infrared remote and receiver, memory card reader, and Windows Vista Home Premium. Deal ends August 24.
http://shop3.outpost.com/product/5340988
Only $100 more... twice as good!(jk)

Click the item for a different picture!

Pretty solid buy for somebody that just needs a word processing/internet machine. Too bad it's Vista though, this machine would be much better off with XP MCE or XP.

Compaq... Should be called Trash Compactor. I hate Compaq and HP. They put Small power supplies that last just to the end of warranty. Would not touch this one with a 10 foot pole. L O L ... If I know it was in a B O C, I would not buy it for a Buck.

I found this at Dealtime for at least $100 more. Is this a good price for this PC? Seems to have all the features that I would want in a modern PC. Is this powerful enough for Video Editing or Photoshop work? Thanks.

Sorry woot! This is an awful deal. I got a Acer x2 4000+ 250gb 1gb ddr2 w/vista home premium for $240 new. Had to return the monitor, but just trying to point out there's a lot cheaper to be had for low-end comps with better warranties.

Compaq/HP make terrible machines - desktop and laptop. Compaq business used to be reasonable quality until HP merged with them and quality went the same way...

SuperJew4711 wrote:Compaq? Do they still have the same reputation for lousy quality thay used to? Or did they get better when they got bought by HP?

No... Their reputation has only gotten worse... Calling it Lousy is a compliment to where they really are...

badwhls wrote:I found this at Dealtime for at least $100 more. Is this a good price for this PC? Seems to have all the features that I would want in a modern PC. Is this powerful enough for Video Editing or Photoshop work? Thanks.

Not even close, especially with Vista.

phalkon30 wrote:Pretty solid buy for somebody that just needs a word processing/internet machine. Too bad it's Vista though, this machine would be much better off with XP MCE or XP.

That's why you install Gentoo and MythTv.

The case looks pretty shabby for me... Like an early 90's case

Here's a note a refurbed PC.... is an obsolete pc woot can keep it

You can buy a Dell for two hundred more and it comes with warranty , it's NEW, and it has a flat panel monitor.

egonpyro wrote:wow, a 3.5 floppy. Haven't seen one of those in a while.

~egon

Wow...Where did you see a 3.5 floppy? The description specifically says, "NO FLOPPY DRIVE"
This is a decent computer for a low, low price. Sheesh...what a bunch of snooty computer freaks....

Problem number 1 - It's a Compaq

Small Hard Drive, no card readers, Pentium 4 spends too much of it's processing ability for tattle-tailing.

Thus far I have been very unimpressed with Vista.

No it is not compatable with a Mac.

Is anyone else sad about how hard it is to buy new consumer level PCs that DON'T come loaded with Vista? Vista is bloatware garbage, they took a perfectly good thing and screwed it up.

XP was relatively stable, easy to use, and powerful. After spending about ten hours using Vista on various computers, I have found NOTHING to like about it, and it kills the performance of most PCs. 1GB is barely enough.

doody, I would rather just get a computer with nothing at all on it and just put Linux on it myself. As such, the idea that any of that $300 is going to M$ for their lousy efforts is a deal breaker for me. Which may well mean that I am going to have to stick with used PCs for the near future.

Way to screw over the whole PC industry, Microsoft.

badwhls wrote:I found this at Dealtime for at least $100 more. Is this a good price for this PC? Seems to have all the features that I would want in a modern PC. Is this powerful enough for Video Editing or Photoshop work? Thanks.

this is by no means modern

actually Compaq is made by HP.

I have had nothing but trouble from HP, and their off shore-follow the phone support-geeked-technical support-from cleveland. Who, not only don't know whats wrong, but also have to soend 45 minutes doing all the old stuff. I still hate them.

I hate them so much that I would not advise my husbands EX-wife to buy one. (she's Satan's little sister, you know)

save your money... i got this computer from my parents, wish they would have just given me cash. now it sits on my floor as i play with my new acer.

advise for parents: dont buy this computer for ur graduate, they will hate you for it!

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I use to love compac before they were bought out by HP. Now i wouldn't touch them.
Top it off by adding Vista and there's no way i'd buy it,

Compaq was the worse PC I ever owned. Been a while but was so bad I can never forgive them. not ribs at all

Microsoft Windows Vista Home Basic pre-installed

NOOooooo, I would have bought 3 if it would just have had Windows XP on them instead

the warranty kills this deal.

yea, it is only a compaq. Yea it is a refurb (rox0rz!). a year warranty would make this almost worthwhile. It would take $300 or more in parts, with tax and shipping to build this.

My brother has one and it works well. Over all, the hardware seems ok, and the lightscribe is really cool, but I have no idea how it will run with vista because he still uses xp home.

Didn't HP buy Compaq ? Was under than impression that computers are no longer produced with the "Compaq" name.

I really like how 'No floppy drive' is a feature. If only more PC's these days came that way...

DO NOT BUY! I purchased one of these in May, and because it is refurbished, it has only a 3-month warranty. Three months and 5 days later, it completely died. Have been working with tech support, but they are no help, and they don't seem to want to replace the motherboard or whatever has died. $299 is way too much to spend on a boat anchor, and a bad one of those at that!

I'm in for the troops for the ram alone.

No refurbished computers for me, thanks. Too much can go wrong with a brand-new box to buy one with a 90-day warranty, much less one that's already exploded before.

If you do buy this, though, a Windows XP install disc and a reformat as soon as the machine arrives would make your life a whole lot easier.