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04-24-2017 06:52 AM
I just bought a HP 17-X108CA. I5-7200u cpu, 16 gig ddr4 ram, etc. All great specs. Then HP sticks a 5400rpn 1T hdd in it, that turns into a machine slower than a pentium m.
I don't understand the mentallity of loading it up on 1 end, then putting crap in the other. I would rather it came with a 250 or 500 sdd drive for about the same price. That would make it such a better machine.
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04-24-2017 07:13 AM
I knew it would not be as fast as an SSD, but I did not expect almost 2 minutes to boot.
My main complaint is how could a respected company like HP do something like that. That is like buying a high end car, with a 4 cylinder engine that does 0-60 in 3.4 days.
Mkaes no sence. I really don't want to spend anoth $150 for something that SHOULD have been in such a high tech machine inthe first place.
04-24-2017 07:16 AM - edited 04-24-2017 07:19 AM
SSD likely would have added $50-60 to the price. That model can only accept a 2.5 inch hard drive/SSD OR an M.2 SATA only. I have recently been seeing that model at Frys for like $600. Just out of curiosity, what did you pay for it?
04-24-2017 07:21 AM
I can return it, but it was a good price and hard to find. So I don't want too.
I will probably take the 240 gig sdd, from the machine I am replacing and use that instead.
Just a dissapointment the HP would do that. esp a 5400, at least it should be a 7200.
I hionestly cant see anyone that buys a machine that is an new i5 and 16 gig of ddr4 would accept such a slow drive.
04-24-2017 07:25 AM
Sometimes a price is just too good to be true. I saw that model at Frys and almost bit but looked at the Manual on my phone at Frys and saw it was a 5400 rpm drive (which was also apparent in device manager) and had the same reaction.
That is the oldest computer marketing strategy...good specs all except one item hoping the purchaser will be dazzled by the good points. If you got it for around $600 adding $125 to get a good 256 gig SSD still makes it a decent deal.
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