Cost of Ink

The cost of ink is rediculas, quit a rackit HP has with thei printers on Windows 8. Maybe after you print a page 6 times, you figure how to work around to print in color. Noting is easy like window 7 was ( set it and forget it).
What a mistake buying this desktop with windows 8. Never again for an HP product.

Willieman354, welcome to the forum.
You do realize that Microsoft developed Win 8, not HP.  HP tries to give its customers the latest technology.  Therefore, they chose to use Win 8, but do offer computer and laptops with Win 7.  If you look at the marketplace you will see that all manufacturers offer their computers with Win 8.
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