Customer Reviews

HP Pavilion a1250n Desktop PC (AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+, 1 GB RAM, 250 GB Hard Drive, LightScribe Dbl Layer 16X DVD+/-R/RW Drive)

5 star:		(2)
4 star:		(1)
3 star:		(0)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(2)

 

 

I've had this computer for a week. Runs great and very silent. AMD athlon dual core is VERY good. It is a lot better than the newer Pent D processor because it is silent, fast, and DOES NOT heat up. If you have a Pent D, you know that it is loud. I don't even hear my computer when it's on that's how smooth it runs. Con about this computer is a decent graphic card. I had to buy a new one, but once you have a good graphic card it is very good.

The HP a1250n is, without a doubt, the worst computer system I have ever experienced. I have used a wide variety of computers and I can honestly say that this HP is absolutely the most problematic.
Bottom line = the HP a1250n system, its components, and its software DO NOT WORK together. There is nothing good to say about this system.
The dual processor, in itself, should be a powerful feature, but not if the rest of the computer cannot support it. Unfortunately, this is the case with the HP a1250n. Add to the mix, the excessive trial software and unnecessary programs that HP installs on its systems, and the HP a1250n is already slowed right out of the box. Also, the LightScribe drive could be very cool, but is rendered nearly useless on this system, since 9 out of 10 times, the drive cannot recognize a loaded CD/DVD (even when it is a LightScribe-specific CD/DVD). In addition, the Sonic software installed for the LightScribe drive doesn't work well with the LightScribe and often results in random error messages. For general work, such as emails, internet, text documents, etc., the HP a1250n runs slightly faster (but not significantly) compared with my 5-year-old system. However, when using powerful programs with larger files, such as movie-making and graphic editing software, the system runs slowly and often locks-up, requiring reboots.
The HP a1250n is a total disappointment and waste of money. I will never buy a HP computer again.

This is a great running machine! I've had mine for about a year and a half and it runs perfectly.I added some meory and this became a great all around computer, with gaming too. Would be a very nice family computer. I recently install windows Vista Ultimate and it runs fine on here, no problem upgrading or anything. Vista doesn't come with drivers for the sound card, but with windows update it found them and installed them automaticlly. Great buy , very very cheap!

HP support should be called non-support. I have bought a lot of HP products in the past but have always been lucky enough to have them all hold up through the warranty period until now. Bought a Pavilion Media Center PC with lightscribe and less than 5 months later the lightscribe dvd died. Do the get me a replacement or just a run around? You got it....the run around. I will never and I advise everyone else not to buy from HP until they can prove to stand by their warranties.

Since this is the only to right my review i bought my computer from bestbuy and it came with a bungle( nvidia geforce 7800 GT 256,Logitech G15 keyboard,Logitech mx518 mouse,and logitech speakers 5.1)and was cool for a while but i did love the keyboard and also had this computer for 10 months in planing to buy a new motherboard,new processer,and DDR2 1gb ram for windows vista and stuff but over the stuff i got it great and i know half about computers (still learning)so i give this computer a 4 star rateing. :)