On Wed, 22 Oct 2003 07:47:08 -0700 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Tue, Oct 21, 2003 at 03:34:48PM -0700, Elric Scott wrote: > > > I am currently looking at the HP Pavilion zd7000 and the Compaq Evo N800W. > > Which laptop will have the least problems, and the most efficiancy? > > You probably won't want to hear this, but I would *never* buy an > HP/Compaq computer of any sort unless I had an enterprise support > agreement. My experience with HP/Compaq hardware is that they use > crappy components which break all the time, and then they try to get you > to pay them for legitimate warranty repairs or to weasle out of the > warranty. > > I have had problems with HP/Compaq trying to do this with me, even > though we have a state-negotiated *contract* with them, and have > purchased the equipment through this program.
I've had no contract problems, but HP (and I presume Compaq) hardware is a POS! I had a desktop machine that kept locking up; finally scrapped it and used the parts. Also, HP takes the cake for crappy case design! If you have never opened one up, do so, and you will never buy one again. -- Collins Richey - Denver Area if you fill your heart with regrets of yesterday and the worries of tomorrow, you have no today to be thankful for. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
