Product Description

Compaq Presario SR5505F Desktop PCs are perfect for checking email, surfing the web, and making calls over the Internet. With a clean, functional industrial design, this streamlined PC blends easily into any home. Whatever your personal needs are, Compaq Presario PCs provide you with the best bang for your buck. Your Compaq Presario desktop PC includes essential features for enhancing your productivity: A full suite of security and productivity software keeps you safe while helping you work: Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium with SP1, Internet Explorer 7 for browsing your favorite websites and downloading your favorite content, Microsoft® Works 9 includes word processor, spreadsheet, database, and calendar programs. Front Headphone and Microphone ports to conveniently use your headset for making Internet calls. Front USB 2.0 ports make it easy to transfer information to and from your PC. Automatically fix and edit videos and create CDs and DVDs and edit, burn and archive data to discs with Cyberlink DVD Suite Deluxe. HP Total Care Advisor: Customizable desktop tool provides support, system health and shopping information. The Double/Dual Layer DVD±R/RW drive with CD writer capabilities drive lets you archive or distribute valuable information on DVD or CD. LightScribe technology burns custom, professional-looking labels and artwork directly onto LightScribe-enabled discs, right inside the drive.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1347 in Personal Computers
• Brand: Hewlett-Packard
• Model: SR5505F
• Dimensions: 16.70" h x 9.64" w x 6.67" l,

Features

• Desktop PC with 2.2 GHz AMD Athlon X2 4200 dual-core processor, 1MB L2 cache
• 1024 MB PC2-6400 DDR2 SDRAM memory (1x1024MB, expandable to 4GB), 160 GB 7200RPM SATA hard drive
• NVIDIA GeForce 6150 SE graphics with TurboCache with 128MB dedicated graphics memory
• SuperMulti DVD Burner with LightScribe Technology
• Genuine Windows Vista Home Premium, dims in inches: 16.77 (L) x 6.67 (W) x 14.85 (H/D) approx., 21.25 lbs. approx.

Customer Reviews

Great deal
This is a great deal for anyone on a budget. While the AMD Athlon doesn't have the performance of an intel, it doesn't carry the bloated price tag of an intel either.
The 1024MB of RAM is upgradable to 4gbs, so there is plenty of room to build up as you go along.
The 160GB hard drive may not be large enough for users who have lots of mp3s, but it is plenty of space for the casual users.
The only complaints I have about it are:

1. Windows Vista. If you're new to windows vista (like me) then you'll either have to give yourself plenty of time to acclimate to the new OS, or down grade to another version. Either way it's still a windows. :(

2. Unrelated to the product its self. Shipping and delivery. I chose 'next day delivery' with my order...BIG mistake. This makes the second time in a row I've had to call Amazon customer service about an order being late/not showing up at all.

Basic Entry Level windoZe PC
I bought this PC for a friend based on name brand and low price. While not an Intel CPU and only having 1 gig of RAM, this box is perfect for a budget user who want access to the Internet primarily for Email and browsing. It will get the job done. I added another Gig of RAM to help windoZe Vista to run faster/smoother, ran the Decrapifier to rid it of the commercial bloated software that is crammed into these name brand computers now a days, added a firewall and off it went. Great box for a spare also.

This pc is great!
I haven't bought a new computer since I got my first one 9 years ago. It was a Compaq Presario too, and it was always very reliable. So I trusted the brand name, and I wanted another one and Compaq's are very good bang-for-your-buck pcs. The SR5505F is very fast and dependable, and it may not have all of the features that a serious video-gamer needs, but that's okay because I'm not into video games at all. I just like to surf the net and shop online, etc. and for that it's more than enough computer-power for me.

I just added another gigabyte of RAM and now it's even more fast and reliable, and it has a great price, too.