Well I have had a bad experience with a 'custom' built computer.
Have had pretty much all HP stuff. Would agree that workstation grade is
the go, particularly as the parts would be more standardized than home
use PC's. Had a mobo go on a pavilion a while back and it was an odd
size. Ended up getting a SH pavilion for 200 bucks and just put my hard
drive into it, so as not to lose data.
My HP laptop went funny too but that was more of an software issue,
tried to stuff a penguin into it but the penguins where all too fat for
that old lapbottom, so the missus surprised me with a shiny white thing
that had a fruit on it.
I am getting reasonably used to the apple way of doing things but still
prefer the bigger screen and keyboard of the desktop.
Hendrik
who is sending this from a wired HP with a penguin jumping around in the
box, well there is windoze on the other hard drive but quickbooks won't
run on linux
LWB250 wrote:
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
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