HP DC5750 SFF 2.0 GHz AMD Athlon 64 X2, 4 GB RAM, 80 GB HDD, & Windows 7 Home (Refurbished) for $189.33 + free shipping
It’s like an iPad for people who don’t like touchscreens, portability, apps, thin design, and storing files in clouds.
Seems alright if you need a word processing/internet surfing computer. Anything more serious and you will need some upgrades.
this was top of the line 7 years ago. still using athlon 64x2 :)
Best blurb evar. :-)
"It’s like an iPad for people who don’t like touchscreens, portability, apps, thin design, and storing files in clouds."
LOL
When did software become "apps"? Must be something exclusive to people who don't know anything about technology.
It's software, leave it at that.
Check http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=AMD+Athlon+64+X2.
AMD Athlon 64 X2 has a CPU mark of 785, even the also obsolete 2.00GHz Intel Pentium P6100 has a mark of 1545
This is an obsolete low end CPU. Wooter comments are right: this "offer" is not good for modern word processing, just enough for a text editor and for internet on 56kB modems.
Pass!
As someone who only a day ago built a new computer and still uses an 8-year-old computer that is less powerful than the one here for sale, I can safely say that this computer will run the latest version of Word, browse broadband Internet, play YouTube videos, and run Facebook games with aplomb.
I guess this might be good for playing minesweeper, so long as you don't play on expert. I would also make sure not to have calculator open at the same time or the gears powering this thing might spin too fast and pop off their sockets.
You wouldn't even have a chance at using the Internet without at least seven more cores and a flux capacitor.
Um... Apps "exclusive to people who don't know anything about technology." Really?
Apps, short for applications, is a term used with computers for a long time.
Software is a broad term. Drivers that are installed that let me use my video card, my mouse, etc is all software. The operating system is software.
Apps is a narrower term that describes your application software like video games, word processors, spread sheets, video editors, etc.
@bmason3604: I have to agree with the previous post, being 'in the know' since the mid-90's, not really that long, I've never used, or even heard of the term 'app' until portable devices (ipod touch/iphone) came a long. I just assume they shortened it to be trendy.
I'm not alone in this thought, but neither are you. Just a weird 'red vs blue' type of argument that I didn't see until recently when iphones/ipods started using the term.
"80 GB Hard Drive
GREAT AMOUNT TO STORE YOUR IMPORTANT FILES!!!"
^lol
@axelwoot: The CPU in this box has a benchmark of 1043, which isn't going to run the latest FPS and MMO games, but you'll have no problem running the latest word processor and other office apps(!) or web browsing, watching videos and basic photo editing. With 4GB of RAM, the hard drive will be more of a bottleneck than the CPU in most cases.
@lestera02: You never heard the term "killer app" used before the iPhone?
If you search for the term "Office Apps" on Google, there's an option on the left hand side to specify a time range to search. I just searched for the term from 2000 to 2004, and one of the first hits was from a page for Microsoft Office:
Jan 31, 2002 - Explore the free Office Web Apps.
The second hit is from "Your Linux Bookstore"
Feb 1, 2001 - More titles on system admin & office apps can be found in the Linux Directory
There really isn't any doubt that the term "app" was in very wide use long before Apple app-arently app-ropriated the term in some peoples minds.
If it only had HDMI... it would make a great Boxee/Netflix/Hulu Box. I'm sticking with my Roku.
Add a good video card, install XBMC/OpenELEC and you have an awesome mediacenter.
Could buy for parts if you need the same speed ram + a hard drive and windows 7 :P
@lestera02: I went through computer programming in college way back in 1982. Software originally referred to floppy discs, not the actual code or program. I know we never called the code "software" back then. We called them programs. Before software (floppy discs) came out they would use a set of cards with holes punched out that the computer would read. If you dropped the stack of cards I guess you lost your program LOL!
There is your IT history lesson for the day kids.
@colbytitus: You learned to draw an "/" across the top of the card deck with a marker so you could put the deck back together.
not bad...if your looking for a hulu/netflix box check out raspberry pi
wow this is a stupid argument. Since computers first started becoming more common, Application, Program, and Software have all been used fairly interchangeable, with the preference changing over time. Look back at error codes through 95/98/2k/xp and you will find all 3.
"The application failed to initialize" "The program as formed an illegal operation" "Please the version of your software" etc.
App is just the shortening of the term as is common, and I believe that I've heard the original word software referred to as 'the next killer app' in certain old TV spots.
An 80 GB hard drive? WOW!! are we in the Millenium year still?
And with Win7 on a machine built in the days of XP.
Windows 7 takes some 15 to 20 GB, Office 7 another15 GB. Just the two must-haves add to 35 GB and half of the hard drive is already used up!
Download just one video and it takes 5 GB.
You will feel more satisfied giving $150 to the Kony2012 campaign, seriously!
Fascinating... it looks identical to my P.O.S. work computer that struggles to do anything ever! Horray, I want one at home, too!
@axelwoot: Office 2010 does not require 15 GB of drive space. Office 2010 Professional Plus, the biggest version, requires 3.5 GB.
What video are you downloading that takes 5 GB? My Louis C.K. Live at the Beacon Theater, 1 hour of 720p video, weighs in at around 1.1 GB. No, you're not going to store a lot of multimedia files on this drive. If you need to store a lot of multimedia files on your PC, this is not the machine for you.
Is this a highly-spec'd computer for $190? It is not. Will it meet the needs of many people? I think it might. Spreading false information about its capacity doesn't help anyone.
I bought a computer from BTG (Blair Technology Group), the disc-tray was broken, and they didn't replace it. Stay away!
@haloman800: Hello. I'm sorry you had a bad experience with us. The disk tray more than likely came off track during a shipping bump. I'd be more than happy to replace that for you. It's a very inexpensive part and is an easy fix. Please call me at 859-727-4300 and ask for Matt. We have a great online reputation and are dedicated to our customers. Please give us another chance.
@justabandnerd: agreed. propagated by lazy apple users.
@tet3: Thanks tet3. Not everyone downloads movies from the internet. The 80gb is a standard business size drive that will suit the great majority of people out there. The computer has been brought up to 4gb of ram and comes with a NEW installation of Windows 7 64bit. The computer may not win any races but it is a solid box that should last for 2 or 3 years at least. We're also a Microsoft Registered Refurbisher and that should add some confidence behind any purchase. Sorry for chiming in Wooters. I know how some of you despise it when the seller starts posting.
@axelwoot: Umm, the 6100 came out less than 2 years ago. If it can't beat the low end version of a cpu that came out like 7 years ago that would be pathetic.
Regardless of price this level of hardware can do anything a modern computer can do sans play modern games. Put in a $50 gpu and it could easily be used as a HTPC.
@mesostinky: I had a PC with about the same specs (differences being 2GB of RAM and a 3850 for graphics) until about a month ago when I gave it to my sister. It actually did OK with newer games (IMO, mostly because most "modern" games are console ports designed for 7 year old hardware). This + a $50 GPU (GT240 for instance) will run newer games at low to moderate resolution without a problem. UE3 based games, like Mass Effect 3 for instance, should run pretty well on a setup like that.
These computers STINK of computers that were replaced by the Government that have new hard drives thrown in them.
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