Having spent a fair amount of time since last November doing bench work on enterprise class HP notebooks, I can concur that the consumer stuff is sh*t. There is a distinct difference in the enterprise (business) grade product and the consumer. Much of the difference is not visible, i.e., it's under the hood. When you field strip one and compare it to a consumer model it's amazing how cheap the materials and construction are in comparison.
I'm not going to beat my Apple drum here, but Macs are far better constructed, and there is no difference between what I get as an enterprise customer and what you buy at the Apple store or online. Dan ________________________________ From: Curt Raymond <curtlud...@yahoo.com> To: Diesel List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 5:28 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT computer still shuts down HP bought Compaq 9+ years ago. All computers in the $200-$800 range are absolute crap. Anybody who pitches the "All Macs are better than PCs" foolishness has never used a good PC. The home use PCs are all garbage. Look on eBay for a used HP xw8200 or xw8400, those are real workstation class PCs, you should be able to find one cheap. Keep the innards clean and it'll SMOKE any of the POS black Friday deal crap you can buy at any big box store. -Curt Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2011 14:54:58 -0500 From: "Kaleb C. Striplin" <ka...@striplin.net> To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT computer still shuts down Message-ID: <sig.820819f4cc.4e497992.3020...@striplin.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed So HP or Compaq are the same company now, but how are they as compared to a dell or emachines? Are they junk? _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com