Denimbear wrote:98% of all my puters are HP's . and I love them and Matter of Fact a couple of my Desttops and Lappys Are refurbs from woot. Bought over a year ago and Still going strong . I ve had Gateways and dell's and Even A Sony Vizo. But nothing has Taken my abuse like a HP has So this is a great Buy on a Refurb desktop. Matter of fact what Im on now is a HP i3 Lappy and I love this thing. I put it thru its paces too. I leave it on and take it everywhere with me and it has taken out everything and Kept coming back for more. That is just like that All in one Refurb HP That I bought From WOOT! and the Refurb HP Desktop that I also gotten from WOOT It has Been really dependable. And if you Have probs up to 90 days after sale WOOT! Has one of the BEST Customer service Depts. of Any Deal a Day Site .
Just my opinion. But I a Happy Camper with my Woot Purchase .

LOL

Gateway = POS
HP does the jobs
dell does the jobs
sony = crap
homebuilt is better but more expensive
Forgot to add EMACHINES = total waste of money

Good enough for games for me!!!!!

I don't understand the need to play brand new games NOW!

The new $40 games will be $2.50 in the bargain bin in two or three years- and by waiting a couple of years I know whatever budget machine I will have at that point will run them fine.

My 5 year old computer runs Rome Total War just fine! ;)


Better graphics and technolody != more fun. Some of the best games I ever played could be played on a chip less than one gigahertz.

If I still had a floppy drive I'd play Master Of Magic tonight.

edoherty1 wrote:I can't take it, each deal is slowwwer and slowwwwwwwwer. Did you guys know that Mindy McReady's son was found and doing fine... Today is all over this story!

Never heard of Mindy McReady.

Wootoff the yellow-nosed reindeer
had a very blinky nose
and if you ever saw it
you'd know you wouldn't want one of THOSE

All of the other reindeer
use to laugh at all his crap
they never thought poor wootoff
would sell anything but a hat

then one foggy December eve
one sucker came to pay
"Oh wootoff with your crap-o-light
I'll pay ($29.99 + $5 shipping) with delight"

then how the reindeer loved him
as they shouted out with greed
who needs to drag around a fat guy in a red sleigh?
with wootoff there is no more neeeeeeeeeeeed!

Ringo4422 wrote:LOL

Really? You laughed out loud at that? You're easily amused.

Dear Woot,

How do you expect me to watch 3 woot off sites AND work at the same time?

roadhunter wrote:Really? You laughed out loud at that? You're easily amused.

LOL does not mean LOL... yes, I know it does but it doesn't really.


Translations:

Funny - Not really amusing so I'll say it is to make you feel better.

LOL - I see the humor in that.

ROFLMAO - This was funny enough to make me smile.

ROFLMAOPUB - I may have laughed slightly.

Hot doggit i for the woot app

dessndave wrote:Gateway = POS
HP does the jobs
dell does the jobs
sony = crap
homebuilt is better but more expensive

Word.

This is actually a decent computer for basic gaming, home office, and general computer use. You definitely will not be playing Skyrim very well and the amount of upgrade you would need wouldn't be worth it.

I've never had problems with our HPs and they all lasted until we were ready to upgrade (5-6 years) then we sold them to another family who are still using the laptop and tower.

The only brands of computers I have ever had problems with are Apple (two failed harddrives with four months, sold it shortly after), Compaq (total motherboard failure after a year and a week and would have cost more than the computer to fix), and E-machine (screen burnt out, got it replace...that happened three times. It was a defect, so they finally let me trade in for the Compaq). When I worked in retail tech support most the computers that came through for service were E-machine, Sony, and HP. I'm not sure if HPs came through a lot because they were "bad" or because they were the top selling brand around this area. As far as service, that includes accidental damage (dropped laptop) and virus removals. As far as actual hardware issues (screen burnout, bad harddrive, etc.) I would say we had way more Sony units with hardware failures then we ever did HP.

did i miss the bag of coal?

roadhunter wrote:Really? You laughed out loud at that? You're easily amused.

I was laughing at all the smiley faces he put on the post. I just thought a couple of LOLs would have been belonged in there as well.
I'm just a little odd that way.

seahokedrama wrote:
If I still had a floppy drive I'd play Master Of Magic tonight.

You don't need a floppy.

http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/master_of_magic

Craig234 wrote:You don't need a floppy.

http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/master_of_magic

Sorry Woot- I will not be able to participate in your woot off- I now have more important things to do.

What the heck is that? And what would you use it for?

Rawr coal. I feel like as time goes on these are multiplying and we'll never actually get to the next item

Woody1150 wrote:Dear Woot,

How do you expect me to watch 3 woot off sites AND work at the same time?

Wait- what do you mean three woot off sites?! Am I missing something?

edoherty1 wrote:Wait- what do you mean three woot off sites?! Am I missing something?

Look at the pictures on the right.

CharliePrince wrote:little kids 6-8 need to be outside exercising or having fun being kids. Computers are for adults doing adult things.

like pr0n.


[finished your sentence for you...]

dessndave wrote:Most business's including banks use the cheapest possible to cut long term costs.
buy new every xamount of years.

Where x = 10

chadd wrote:like pr0n.


[finished your sentence for you...]

It's what the internet is for.

How am I supposed to watch 3 woot offs today? My work will never get done!

CharliePrince wrote:little kids 6-8 need to be outside exercising or having fun being kids. Computers are for adults doing adult things.

That post is not really adding value here... Always has to be someone that says that about kids and electronics. Like they are the perfect parents or their parents were perfect... Times change... Years ago someone would probably comment that kids should not need a car seat as they should only walk everywhere too.... Let the parents manage what is right for their kids....

As for the deal this PC is much more than any 6-8 year old would need so it should be a good deal. They would be able to do online homework and other stuff no problem. Just check the details to ensure what is included and missing... monitors and other items can add up quickly.

I don't see WiFi capability on the spec list on Woot. Do you think there is no wifi on this computer?

bitterthought wrote:gaming mouse plz :<

Gaming mouse? I'm pretty sure you'll not be doing any hevay duty gaming on this machine.

CharliePrince wrote:little kids 6-8 need to be outside exercising or having fun being kids. Computers are for adults doing adult things.

Clearly you do not know many of the school requirements these days. Children in grade 2 put together powerpoint presentations (just as an example) AND work collaboratively on such projects.

Regarding Children- it's about balance.

Yes, they do need exercise- and physical play helps them learn co-ordination skills, etc, as well as keeps them healthy.

However, I wouldn't say Children should be kept away from computers.

1) They will grow up in a world even more computer-dependant than we are in. It is a bleak world for the 6-8 y/o today that grows up not understanding computers.

2) Computer play for puzzle like games have been proven to grow the neurons in certain regions of their brain (making them better at puzzle solving).



MONITOR how long your kids use the computer- don't bar them from using them.

Denimbear wrote:98% of all my puters are HP's . and I love them and Matter of Fact a couple of my Desttops and Lappys Are refurbs from woot. Bought over a year ago and Still going strong . I ve had Gateways and dell's and Even A Sony Vizo. But nothing has Taken my abuse like a HP has So this is a great Buy on a Refurb desktop. Matter of fact what Im on now is a HP i3 Lappy and I love this thing. I put it thru its paces too. I leave it on and take it everywhere with me and it has taken out everything and Kept coming back for more. That is just like that All in one Refurb HP That I bought From WOOT! and the Refurb HP Desktop that I also gotten from WOOT It has Been really dependable. And if you Have probs up to 90 days after sale WOOT! Has one of the BEST Customer service Depts. of Any Deal a Day Site .
Just my opinion. But I a Happy Camper with my Woot Purchase .

Well said,I agree.I guess I posted your post,before I wrote anything,soory about that.My wife has had her HP refurb for over five years,and runs like a shamp for her.

jmacshriver wrote:Is this ok for the little kids 6-8?

2-4 your age group has surpassed this one.

sdean wrote:How is this for Linux? Do the graphics work as is or require fun and games with drivers?

Short answer: yes.

Not as short answer: check to see if your preferred distro has a compatible hardware matrix.

slightly smart@ss answer you'd probably get if you asked an engadget blogger: HP is hardly strafing the cutting edge with wanton abandon, so any Linux late enough to be considered current should have no problem pushing electrons through this Pav deskie's various mundane chips with aplomb.

cobraman61 wrote:Well said,I agree.I guess I posted your post,before I wrote anything,soory about that.My wife has had her HP refurb for over five years,and runs like a shamp for her.

Running like a shamp is no mean feat these days either, what with all the children sitting in front of computers and not exercising.

Boy,fingers and brain are not working today.

250W power supply... underpowered?

Easily for business use. I am wondering about a media center. For recording TV and movies. Anyone have any knowledge of that application? Thanks!

cobraman61 wrote:Boy,fingers and brain are not working today.

A common condition...that's why the make the yellow "buy" button so stupidly big ;-)

Longest. Deal. Ever.

Can I use this for playing Plants vs. Zombies?

therealjrn wrote:A common condition...that's why the make the yellow "buy" button so stupidly big ;-)

So true,LOL