> > After 3 stalwart years of service my IBM notebook has finally decided to > give up the ghost, and I'm on the lookout for a new one. Within those > 3 years I realised that my use of the notebook was intermittent at > best, so don't plan to spend that much on the new box. Currently > looking at the Compaq Presario C797VU (~Rs 35K): > > http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/in/en/ho/WF06b/321957-321957-3329742-89318-89318-3466274-3739779.html > > In a nutshell, it's a Core2 Duo, 2GB of RAM, widescreen (ugh!) 1280x800 > resolution (ugh!), 160GB disk, standard WiFi, Ethernet, DVD writer, > card reader, etc. > > Oh, and it comes with FreeDOS installed -- no Winduhs tax. > > Anyone have any experience good/bad/ugly with this machine? Any other > recommendations? > > Regards, >
Over the last two months I have had terrible time with HP service in Delhi and am tempted to warn against going for HP. I have had two HP/Compaq laptops so far and my experience has been that they are not tough machines. The likelihood of breakdown is high after the first year. If the machine carries a standard one year warranty, the repair costs can be absurdly high. In particular, after the recent reorganisation of their service system, it sucks. The whole thing is not subcontracted to various companies all over Delhi. The service centre in South Delhi (Okhla II) is manned by a company called RT. My laptop had a problem with the display and the keyboard. In June they told me that the motherboard was faulty and replaced it for Rs. 12K with a warranty of 3 months. After about two months, the same problem happened again, and now I am told the display panel is gone. It beats me how on earth could the keyboard be affected if the panel is gone. But then there is no arguing with these fellows. Last time I kept wondering if they changed the motherboard at all. There was no way of verifying it. It certainly felt like they charged me 12K and just tightened some loose connections. I have had to basically give up on the machine which leaves me in the same boat as Raj and Shankarshan - looking out for a new laptop. Except that, no HP for me. Have had enough with them. Also, I would like a smaller sized machine. I am considering a Dell Vostro 1200 or perhaps even an Acer Aspire One. I have sent a separate mail on Acer Aspire One. Vikas _______________________________________________ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
