Need For Speed
By Doug Olenick -- TWICE, 7/22/2002
NEW YORK — The Hewlett-Packard Pavilion 7955 was one of the hot sellers for Nebraska Furniture Mart in December, and PC buyer Tom Peal attributed this to the model's Intel Pentium 4 processor.
"What really helped it was it was one of the first out there with the P4 1.5 GHz processor," he said.
The other attractive options were the dual DVD-ROM/CD-RW drives tied to its $949 price tag.
Interestingly, having the Windows XP operating system had little impact on sales, Peal said, adding that the Windows Me-equipped PC sold just as well as those with the newer software. This is a change from the past when the launch of Windows 95 and 98 actually influenced customer's purchasing decision.
| Rank By Unit Sales | Brand/Model | Rank By $ Sales |
| 1 | HP Pavilion BT963 | 2 |
| 2 | HP Pavilion 7920 | 4 |
| 3 | HP Pavilion 7955 | 1 |
| 4 | HP Pavilion 7940 | 5 |
| 5 | Sony Vaio PCV-RX550 | 3 |
| 6 | HP Pavilion 750N | 25 |
| 7 | Compaq Presario 5310US | 8 |
| 8 | eMachines T1090 | 16 |
| 9 | Compaq Presario 5320US | 6 |
| 10 | HP Pavilion 7915 | 15 |
| Source: NPDTechworld ©TWICE 2002 |
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