My primary use for this computer is listening to music on Spotify. Having worked in the Hi Fi music industry for the past 40 years I was able to accumulate a well matched mid fi audio system. I replaced a 6 year-old HP computer that sounded good, so I expected the TP01-2165z to sound better but it far exceeded my expectations. I find myself hearing instruments I never heard before on recordings I've been listening to for the past 30 years. Truly amazing. I also use this to download CD's onto USB sticks for my car stereo, an improvement in sound quality I find difficult to describe. Other than music the computer works great for banking, shopping, and downloading documents. The only problem I've had is transferring documents from my old HP to my current one. I bought another HP computer because I like the sound quality, ease of use and I thought it would be easier to download documents and music from the old HP to the new one. the software I used tells me that everything was downloaded properly, however when I try to access the documents it tells me I am not authorized to access them. When I click the icon to get access it brings up forms and menus that far exceed my knowledge of software or computer lingo.
Wonderful performance given the cost. So much so that I was skeptical, so a quick review of the innards explained how HP did it. To be brief, "Value Engineering" - ruthlessly cutting costs while maintaining performance. Or said another way, don't plan on adding upgrades; the thing is already maxed out. Proprietary 300w power supply with HP-specific motherboard connectors, just 2-RAM slots, both maxed, 2-M.2 slot, both filled, one PCIe-1x and one PCIe-16x slots (neither filled, but the PS couldn't handle a video card,) smallish 256GB SSD storage (granted, one could replace this), only 4 rear USB ports, and very generic documentation which could apply to any computer made in the last 5 years. That said, "5-Stars" for the work this will be put to. Faster CPU and almost as fast graphics as my 4-year old gaming rig. (a Core i7-8700k, 16GB, GT1050.) I expected to put out a kilo-buck for this performance, getting that for 40% less was great.
I hate having to log in for HP support on my own HP computer! It has a download pending for "Realtek RTL8xxx Series Wireless LAN Drivers for Microsoft Windows 10 (DCHU)", what do I need this for, don't I have Windows 11? This stuff irks me.
I like the slim design of the unit, and all of the extra USB slots on the front, which I use (headphones charging cables/watch charging cable/Apple IPOD Mini Cable. The main desktop design is quite different than Windows 10 desktop that I was familiar with, and I don't like it. I presume that this is a Microsoft, Windows 11 thing, but I really do not like it. If this is a special package, just don't for this system, I would not recommend buying it. It this is a Windows 11 thing, done by Microsoft ( one of their 'better' ideas ), you have to live with it, unfortunately. No, I do not like Windows 11 and all of the redesigned 'features' that Microsoft figured that we needed.