Is hp computers good?
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Ya.  if it gets slow just reinstall windows.  It is sooo fast!
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Compaq have good ones
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First you must ask yourself "What do I want to use my laptop for?" - this sounds like a typically easy and most often neglected answer, but, answering this question can save you a lot of money in the end. If you are into production or designing, like graphic design, application assembly, audio/video editing, it might be wise to invest your money into an Apple iBook or Powerbook - the latter having much more "horsepower". Macs are sophisticated machines that hold up excellent in these types of environments. On the other-hand, if you plan on using your machine for more simpler use, like e-mail, web, DVD watching - I would recommend HP. HP, for all intents and purposes, is the MAC of the windows world. You'll of course get ego heads in this forum who are going to argue their computers are better and far superior - but you'll get that for anything. The reason I mention HP over the competition in Windows Based machines is because they have excellent hardware builds for the money. AMD processors are really superior to most others, notably Intel. They are built in Germany, and we all know the German's have superior electronics. HP also offers really excellent customer service and warranties. For less than $1000, you can get a great notebook and for a couple of hundred more a great extended warranty to go with it. In conclusion you can think of it this way - for a bit more money get a MAC if your a designer / developer. For a bit less money, get an HP - you cant go wrong either way. Good Luck.
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I've worked on computers for 16 years, and had lots of experience servicing many, many brands.\n\nThe absolute best two companies on the planet right now are HP and Dell.  I wouldn't even consider anything else, if I were buying for myself.\n\nBoth are excellent products, great prices, and excellent service.\n\nAnd let me guarantee you, service and support on a notebook is much more critical than on a desktop, every component is proprietary.\n\nAlso, strongly consider upgrading your warranty to include accidental damage.  Make sure you have a 3 year warranty, because when a notebook goes out of warranty, you really don't want to pay for repairs, they are more expensive.
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i have a compaq persario and a hp laptop and customer service is great i've had the compaq for about 8 years and there isn't too much problems with it. i've had the hp for about 3 years and that's going great as well. i can't really say much on the dell cuz i've never owned one but i have used one and the dell doesn't really compare to the compaq and the hp. in my opinion i would stick with the compaq and hp.
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I always buy anything but dell, this is why they have 24/7 customer service because with those machines they need it... Hp is very good, and gateway is nice.
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I am using my own computer, I have an HP, Pentium III, it's an old version, but I am satisfied with it, because it works good, enough memory and everything is just fine!
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Go for a branded PC of HP or Dell.\n\nYou should look for P4 2.88Ghz or 3Ghz with 1 GB of RAM, 17" SVGA monitor, 180GB of HDD, Built in NIC with at least 32MB of video ram.
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go for the HP 5118 , best Machine in market this time, would not sattle for less then this.
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Hewlitt Packard...  It is best to buy a new complete XP computer system.. Including Printer, keyboard, monitor, external drives etc.. Do not add any old harware to XP.... Windows XP does like OLD hardware and nor does it like some of the older software..  All computers are likely to get viruses if you use email or the internet.  So do install a good antivirus such as Norton AntiVirus.  \nE
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Forget the IBM!  You don't need the headaches\n\nGo for the HP, or go for Dell
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I think dell and Hp are good in they deliver good customer service and the warranty.
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i got my laptop at sams club. payed 1300 for it tax and all. It has a gig of ram and 100gig hardrive. Its an hp and has 128mb of memory devoted to graphics. its also a widescreen KILLER FOR GAMES. It a HP Pavillion Dv4000, and it also has a remote.. so try sam's club or cosco's
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Fujitsu is good,but toshiba is better.The latest ones are really awesome from toshiba.\nPeronally I like HP,Acer and Dell.The tablet PC version is ultra cool.\nAlways make a choice and stick to it,I am sure it will be a very good laptop.
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IBM may be the most reliable and expensive also. HP and Dell give reasonable price for a good Quality. In the middle, you find Toshiba  which gives a very good quality-price ratio. However, everyone of these companies produce good- and bad-quality laptops, since  the performance of a laptop depends on what is inside (the processor, graphics card, hard disk, RAM).\n\nTherefore, you should first look at your needs (and your budget also :) A good laptop for an average user should have:\n\n-A Centrino processor (Pentium M)\n- 512MB RAM\n- The hard disk size depends on what you store in your laptop.  If you will store a lot of movies and pictures then  you need at least 60 GB hard disk. If not, even 20 GB may  be enough. \n- If you intend to play video or 3D games in your laptop, then you need at least a graphics card that is not integrated in the mainboard with 128MB NOT-SHARED memory or more. If not, don't care about the graphics card.\n\nHope this helps.
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We had a HP pc many years ago - I'd never trust them again (But there printers are absolutely exceptional quality).\n\nOur HP used a OEM operating system. This meant that it was a customised version of windows which of course meant that they also installed their own custom software etc. At bootup the system resources would normally be 45% available - Very low. It would crash every 30 - 60 minutes and wasn't really very stable at all.\n\nHP's tech support (UK - Some scottish guy called Alan) was very hard to deal with too. Not only did he refuse to beleive what I told him it said on my screen, but when the PC-World technician spoke to him he had the same attitude-packed response too. Basically once they have sold you their HP Pc, they don't want to know, they don't care and they don't want to even see the machine again.\n\nAt 11 months old, that PC went back to PC world (after 3 motherboard replacements, 2 different lots of ram, new processor etc etc). They refunded it and sent it back to HP (I wish I could of seen Alan's face when he saw what was wrong with it).\n\nOur experience with HP was not a good one at all. They don't beleive that anything can go wrong with their PC's and they don't beleive that they are anything but perfect. Their customer service was appalling along with very unhelpful.\n\nI will neer touch another HP pc again. As I said though, their printers are perfect in every way - robust, very little ink usage, pretty quick etc (unlike Epson).\n\nIf you want to buy a good brand-name PC, then I would recommend Packard Bell. We had one of those after the HP, and to be honest it was almost faultless. Eventually the motherboard (after a good 5 years of solid use) died but it was a great machine which operated almost flawlessly.\n\nJ
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I agree Toshiba and Sone and HP are great.  Be very careful if you buy online to not buy from the huge warehouses like TigerDirect.  They buy up all the old stuff, sell it cheap and don't offer good customer service or parts.\nLaptops are expensive and not easy to upgrade.  So unless mobility is your motive don't get one.  Save ur money and invest in a nice flat screen and box.