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Originally Posted by PeterT
Be fair to HP. The Pavillion is part of the CONSUMER line of PCs from HP. The Optiplex is the BUSINESS line of PCs from Dell.
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Definitely.
HP's Pavillion line is basically like Dell's Inspiron line (The desktops used to be called Dimension a few years ago, but the consumer laptops have been "Inspirons" for quite awhile now). I wouldn't wish these Inspiron boxes on anyone. I don't know the name for HPs business line -- at one time it was Evo (which originally was Compaq's name), but now I think they're just designated as dcXXXX models. (For example, a dc7900 would roughly compare to an Optiplex 760.)
http://www.ebay.com/itm/HP-COMPAQ-DC...item3f422868a1
These HPs are also good, solid computers that are easy to work on. I just don't see many of them in this area.
Here's someone selling refurbished HP dc7900s for $59 with an 80GB hard drive and no OS. (They also sell a version with better specs and with Windows 7 pro for $89.)
http://www.widgetree.com/collections...m-no-os-loaded
I'm sure there are many, many more of these dealers. These are probably recycling companies who are paid to dispose of the old (off-lease) computers and they "dispose of them" by fixing and testing them and selling them to the public. So they're getting a double paycheck and can afford to sell the computers cheap.