popcornbird
07-13-2005, 12:12 AM
I know I know.....I do love them, BUT, it is a love/hate relationship. :p Seriously.
Okay, an uppiedate on this thread...
http://petoftheday.com/talk/showthread.php?s=&threadid=83423&highlight=computer
First, listen everyone. NEVER buy an HP desktop. N-E-V-E-R!!! They stink.
Okay, now for the update.
The new computer I got a few days ago was fine and working great, and I was happy. This afternoon, my brother came in and asked me if I tested everything to make sure it worked, and I did.....everything other than the DVD writer. He tells me we need to check that, and goes to get a DVD to test it with. Guess what? It didn't work! The DVD player did not work. :mad: Then, he tried to burn a CD on the same drive, and that didn't work either. The first HP completely died in 20 days, and the second one's DVD player/writer didn't work at all to begin with. The computer in itself was fine, BUT......when you spend $600 on a brand new computer, you expect it to be perfect.
So.......off to the store we went, to exchange it again. They took it and again, told us to go and get a new box, which we did. As we were getting another computer, I looked to the side and saw STACKS of HP and Compaq desktops with the 'returned' sticker on them. Most of them were HP, and there were a LOT of them.....all returned. My heart sank, and I told my brother, "It seems HP isn't a good computer." He had been telling me HP isn't good to begin with, but I needed a computer so my dad told him to just get it. We took the box anyway, and got it exchanged.
When we got home, we told my dad about the stacks of returned HP Pavilions, and he told us he didn't think it was worth it. If all those HP's had been returned, and we had to return two, there was a pretty good chance of this one going bad too. We decided to take it back to return it without opening the new box, and thought we would bring home a Sony...which we 'thought' was $100 more.
We went back to the store, returned the computer and went to check out the Sony's. It said $750 with $150 mail in rebate. It was $150 more than the other computer, WITH the rebate, and there have been many times when we never got our rebates after sending them. We didn't have $900 to spend on a computer. Well.....I honestly didn't want to have my parents spend $900 to get a computer for me. I didn't feel good about it, and though my dad was saying to just get it, my brother and I decided it wasn't worth it.
So.....instead of coming home with a new computer, we came home with tons of new parts to rebuild/upgrade the old computer with. My brother's thinking 'maybe' its only the harddrive that blew up, and the mother board might be okay. Even if the mother board isn't okay, he 'could' buy another one, and with the new parts, we would have a better quality computer for a cheaper price than both the HP and Sony. We got a new harddrive, USB ports, video card, DVD writer, etc., and now, my brother is working on it. I don't know how long it will take. He says he feels better doing this because he got all high quality parts that are much better than the ones manufacturers use.....so after the upgrade, hopefully the old computer will be fixed and better than new.
I'm praying that everything will work out. We got the parts for a total of $350, and that is much cheaper than a new computer.....and the parts are better than what the manufacturers used. So 'hopefully' the old computer will be fixed and better than the HP soon, for a much lower price.
I'm sad right now.....but hopefully I'll have my computer back soon. I can't thank my brother enough for doing this for me.....what a good big brother. :D He he he. I took my dad's laptop as hostage for now (he he he), and I think my dad and I will be sharing it until my computer returns. I don't know how long it will take, but my brother's working on it. We shall see what happens.
Now to find our Windows XP CD, as we will need it once that computer is back up and running!
UGH! NEVER BUY AN HP!!!!!!!!!!
I almost feel like calling HP just to tell them how badly they need to improve. It isn't good to take advantage of people who aren't able to build computers on their own by putting cheap parts in the computers they sell.
:( 'sad without my computer' :(
Okay, an uppiedate on this thread...
http://petoftheday.com/talk/showthread.php?s=&threadid=83423&highlight=computer
First, listen everyone. NEVER buy an HP desktop. N-E-V-E-R!!! They stink.
Okay, now for the update.
The new computer I got a few days ago was fine and working great, and I was happy. This afternoon, my brother came in and asked me if I tested everything to make sure it worked, and I did.....everything other than the DVD writer. He tells me we need to check that, and goes to get a DVD to test it with. Guess what? It didn't work! The DVD player did not work. :mad: Then, he tried to burn a CD on the same drive, and that didn't work either. The first HP completely died in 20 days, and the second one's DVD player/writer didn't work at all to begin with. The computer in itself was fine, BUT......when you spend $600 on a brand new computer, you expect it to be perfect.
So.......off to the store we went, to exchange it again. They took it and again, told us to go and get a new box, which we did. As we were getting another computer, I looked to the side and saw STACKS of HP and Compaq desktops with the 'returned' sticker on them. Most of them were HP, and there were a LOT of them.....all returned. My heart sank, and I told my brother, "It seems HP isn't a good computer." He had been telling me HP isn't good to begin with, but I needed a computer so my dad told him to just get it. We took the box anyway, and got it exchanged.
When we got home, we told my dad about the stacks of returned HP Pavilions, and he told us he didn't think it was worth it. If all those HP's had been returned, and we had to return two, there was a pretty good chance of this one going bad too. We decided to take it back to return it without opening the new box, and thought we would bring home a Sony...which we 'thought' was $100 more.
We went back to the store, returned the computer and went to check out the Sony's. It said $750 with $150 mail in rebate. It was $150 more than the other computer, WITH the rebate, and there have been many times when we never got our rebates after sending them. We didn't have $900 to spend on a computer. Well.....I honestly didn't want to have my parents spend $900 to get a computer for me. I didn't feel good about it, and though my dad was saying to just get it, my brother and I decided it wasn't worth it.
So.....instead of coming home with a new computer, we came home with tons of new parts to rebuild/upgrade the old computer with. My brother's thinking 'maybe' its only the harddrive that blew up, and the mother board might be okay. Even if the mother board isn't okay, he 'could' buy another one, and with the new parts, we would have a better quality computer for a cheaper price than both the HP and Sony. We got a new harddrive, USB ports, video card, DVD writer, etc., and now, my brother is working on it. I don't know how long it will take. He says he feels better doing this because he got all high quality parts that are much better than the ones manufacturers use.....so after the upgrade, hopefully the old computer will be fixed and better than new.
I'm praying that everything will work out. We got the parts for a total of $350, and that is much cheaper than a new computer.....and the parts are better than what the manufacturers used. So 'hopefully' the old computer will be fixed and better than the HP soon, for a much lower price.
I'm sad right now.....but hopefully I'll have my computer back soon. I can't thank my brother enough for doing this for me.....what a good big brother. :D He he he. I took my dad's laptop as hostage for now (he he he), and I think my dad and I will be sharing it until my computer returns. I don't know how long it will take, but my brother's working on it. We shall see what happens.
Now to find our Windows XP CD, as we will need it once that computer is back up and running!
UGH! NEVER BUY AN HP!!!!!!!!!!
I almost feel like calling HP just to tell them how badly they need to improve. It isn't good to take advantage of people who aren't able to build computers on their own by putting cheap parts in the computers they sell.
:( 'sad without my computer' :(