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Originally Posted by Neal Stevens
Seriously, the HP laptop problem is epidemic. 
I suppose there are pages like this for every computer manufacturor, but this indicates a core issue at fault. |
True. Every company has a lemon from time-to-time.
Some of those companies contact their customer directly. HP?
I don't know how they stay in business. Printers work well (although the software packages for those are ridiculously huge). But how they continue to sell computers they won't support is beyond me.
Seriously Neal--take a look on ebay and see what they're going for. Since this notebook is known buggy and the extended service for them just expired, there's likely to be a demand for parts. It often amazes me that we can get a couple hundred bucks for some old piece of Bantha Poodoo. And your XP/Vista license is worth a few bucks too (~75-100 to a system builder)--but don't sell the notebook without it (unless you mention it ebay notes).
You're not the only one that's PO'd. I fought with an HP reinstall today because they hadn't posted the drivers on thir web-site.
Lenovo is my current favorite for notebooks although I have nothing against Dell's either. My kid has had his Dell through the burning desert in his ruck-sack and in nice dusty FOB's--some of the worst environments imaginable for a PC--and it's still working great. And Dell always has the drivers posted on their web-site to make OS reloads a snap.
Or you could order a nice PetoPC system
. My desktops are reasonably priced but if you want me to build you a notebook, they start at $30,000 (tax included)
.