New Computer!!

[macgyvr]

Well the old laptop that had survived so much including the rollover finally bit the big one last week, the ram and parts related to that went bad....

so off to look and ended up with another laptop!\

compaq presario r3000
amd athalon 64 chip
512 ram
60 gig hard drive
big a$$ screen
dvd read/write cd read/write

almost forgot....this thing will do screen resolution of 1280 x 800..... insane!


this thing is pretty sweet, the graphics are amazing and i've finally moved up in the world lol....technology has increased anoromous amoungs in the last four years....

can't wait to get rid of the dial up and go to cable or dsl!

mac '21st century' gyvr

 

[Wayne Sihler]

You shouda got a Mac "Mac"
Wayne "with a Mac" S.

 

[Kejtar]

You shouda got a Mac "Mac"
Wayne "with a Mac" S.

He wanted something that he could use..... but then again why compaq?

 

[macgyvr]

He wanted something that he could use..... but then again why compaq?

got 4 years out of the last one....

and a compaq is now an HP...which i think should make it a better product....

mac 'we'll see' gyvr

 

[Yucca-Man]

and a compaq is now an HP...which i think should make it a better product....

Wouldn't count on it - the "New HP" is nothing like the company founded by Bill n' Dave last century. The new one is run by the Wicked Witch of Palo Alto, whose only concern is looking out for Numma One...herself. To that end, she has no problem laying off...errr..."restructuring" thousands of employees to make a buck. When you need to call for support on that HPaq computer, you're going to talk to some guy named Hadji, or Sandeep, but who has been trained to tell you his name is "Chris" or "Joe" - good luck, you'll need it. I've had many friends lose their jobs there to overseas outsourcing, and bailed myself before the ship really started to sink.

Consider this - ostensibly HP bought Compaq, but if that is true then please explain to me why 95% of the HP product line died off at that point, to be replaced by Compaq parts? The HP Ultrium tape storage family was one of the only products to be retained post-merger other than the consumer computer line. The only reason they didn't merge that is because taken together, they have a large percentage of shelf space at many retailers. If they consolidated, they know that other manufacturers would get some of that space. Even HPs employee payroll has gone to the Compaq model...you still thonk you're getting a *quality* HP product? :dunno:

 

[macgyvr]

Wouldn't count on it - the "New HP" is nothing like the company founded by Bill n' Dave last century. The new one is run by the Wicked Witch of Palo Alto, whose only concern is looking out for Numma One...herself. To that end, she has no problem laying off...errr..."restructuring" thousands of employees to make a buck. When you need to call for support on that HPaq computer, you're going to talk to some guy named Hadji, or Sandeep, but who has been trained to tell you his name is "Chris" or "Joe" - good luck, you'll need it. I've had many friends lose their jobs there to overseas outsourcing, and bailed myself before the ship really started to sink.

Consider this - ostensibly HP bought Compaq, but if that is true then please explain to me why 95% of the HP product line died off at that point, to be replaced by Compaq parts? The HP Ultrium tape storage family was one of the only products to be retained post-merger other than the consumer computer line. The only reason they didn't merge that is because taken together, they have a large percentage of shelf space at many retailers. If they consolidated, they know that other manufacturers would get some of that space. Even HPs employee payroll has gone to the Compaq model...you still thonk you're getting a *quality* HP product? :dunno:

well....i suppose with anything computer related that you buy you probably end up with those problems... just like buying anything else now days...

i feel like i got a good deal on it and i really like it...we'll see if this one lasts 4 years like the last laptop...and the last one survived a rollover in the jeep...and this one will never be in the jeep...

mac 'ya never win' gyvr