Well if the HDD thing is the only and/or major reason seems like throwing the baby out with the bath water to me.
RE: Travelmate, I'd have to read further but I don't expect much movement in my feelings. On Mon, Jul 28, 2014 at 8:03 AM, Thane Sherrington <[email protected]> wrote: > At 09:22 AM 28/07/2014, Joshua MacCraw wrote: >> >> Curious you endorse Acer yet talk of avoiding HP despite knowing >> Envy's are well thought off T? We've gone around and around for years >> about Acer but I'd have to really strongly disagree on HP being >> anything but great choices unless you're in the sub $800 market & >> shopping @ Best Buy or Walmart. > > > HP orphans products way to fast for my liking, and then parts become > impossible to come by. > > BTW, when I say Acer, I'm talking Travelmate only (the professional line). > Aspire isn't worth the money, the same as every other "home-grade" line from > any manufacturer. > > My bottom is line is that in my experience (and I have a lot of it), HP, > Dell, Toshiba and Lenovo won't replace hard drives until they fail > completely, while Acer will send me a hard drive as soon as the SMART tests > start showing problems (and I'm talking the SMART attributes, not a full > SMART test failure). > > T > >
