You might be right woodpeckr. That HP i7 seems to be quite popular. I looked it up on the futureshop website as to stock availability and every store has it OUT OF STOCK.
I bet there was a price increase on the i7 being the reason they discontinued it. @ $730 that was a great price for that i7. I would look around to see if an i7 is still available at that price elsewhere.
I would get this instead
That is a nice looking i5 to.
I just helped a friend build a quad-core (i5 if I'm not mistaken) for $417, I bought the parts, put it together in an hour and it's a kick ass system for emails, some photo editing, light gaming.
i7 is a quad core cpu! it has Hyperthreading which gives it 8 thread capabilities
I'm same as Woodpeckr, I ordered from Dell (an Intel i7) in early 2010 which to this day still screams, totally flawless especially since Windows 7 upgrade. I used to build my own but it's neither cheaper nor a good use of time when you're building an everyday computer. For hardcore gaming and special needs like CAD then sure but for most it's a waste of time. One thing that Dell skimped on for the model I got was the cooling system. The stupid CPU, Case or PSU fan (not sure which one) keeps whirling up when the computer runs a bit hot. I can hear it from almost anywhere in the house, quite annoying. I need to replace it with a larger more efficient one someday but I'm too lazy.
Do NOT buy from The Source; I helped a friend out with their laptop and The Source's support was truly awful, to the extent of them lying to me about what was wrong with the machine.
Pay attention bottie!
I got my Dell i7 Nov 2009. A couple weeks ago it started doing the same. Cooling fans would kick into high speed with that annoying whirling sound. I opened it up to look inside and it was filthy as expected. That Dell is very easy to open for a look inside. Lot of dust caked around the fans and CPU. Carefully 'grounded' myself and vacuumed out the whole box. Even carefully disassembled the two fans to thoroughly clean out the CPU heat venting fins. CPU fan has an easy to disassemble 'snap-lock' assembly so you can clean it out better. The only fan that was difficult to get to clean, was the fan on the video card. I cleaned it the best I could without pulling it out of the box. After it was cleaned, it was put together and is running quiet again. There are 3 fans in that Dell i7, so they will suck a lot of dirt into the box.
I don't really think $1,199 is triple $699 plus whatever she's going to pay for a monitor..... and think of not having to bother with virus software..... plug it in and it works - one cable (power) and you're done, bluetooth keyboard and mouse and a fantastic screen.... free photo software (iPhoto), free movie editing software (iMovie)....
I think most apples look like ass. I've been looking at a new computer myself and there's quite a few of those all in one PCs too.. they are just as ugly!
