Reply to: Why I will not buy hp

[AtW]

so some HP PCs are HP PCs, and some HP PCs are Compaq PCs.

Most laptops are made in Asia by a handful of big companies that design them - actual hardware is nearly the same, there is almost no difference in laptops these days apart from brand/service levels/price.

[expat]

Aren't HP PCs the old Compaq brand? HP used to make their own but I thought they dropped them.

No. HP took over Compaq (whatever they called the action at the time), because they had complementary product ranges and target markets; so some HP PCs are HP PCs, and some HP PCs are Compaq PCs.

[AtW]

Why won't you just install WinXP on it and live happy? It's not like installing Windows is a difficult thing to do!

[lilelvis2000]

The higher end laptops are nice..but my Pavillion is sitting collecting dust while I wait for the twits to figure out a Vista repair for it.

It has a problem with the mscorwks.dll - a part of .net 2.0 - which got toasted with a Media Player Update.. Now nothing loads. Well anything written in .net 2.0 - which is a LOT.

The twits first told me to uninstall .net 2.0 - which you can't do on Vista as its a part of the OS. The only other thing is a complete re-install as they don't offer a repair from the recovery CDs. They said they'd "look into it", but I think that was a fob off.

Crap. never buy their stuff again.

[Moscow Mule]

Aren't HP PCs the old Compaq brand? HP used to make their own but I thought they dropped them.

Yes, I think they are.

[Doggy Styles]

Aren't HP PCs the old Compaq brand? HP used to make their own but I thought they dropped them.

[eliquant]

I won't buy HP because the HP laptop I bought a) the wireless internet totally broke on it b) soon after the drive died and it would not boot up.

Also my manager's HP monitor was on fire / smoke was eminating from it about 1 month ago right in front of my eyes and no one noticed until the smell was unbearable (true).

[BrowneIssue]

So what`s the best filter list for the UK?

I did struggle and play with those with AdBlock some time ago and got fed up.

When I switched to AdBlockPlus I went with the defaults and got better results.

I have a subscription to EasyElement (the default) and no others.

However, I have added:
http://techgage.com/adserve/www/deli...php?filename=*

and one exception:
@@|http://www.mozilla.org/

[dinker]

After puzzling for a few moments I worked it out.

Firefox + AdBlockPlus =

I had forgotten web pages had adverts. Blimey, don't they take a loooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooong time to load?

So what`s the best filter list for the UK?

[Jaws]

Forced to use an HP machine at clientco, I do not understand how a modern dual core machine could be made to run so slowly.

[AtW]

Whereas their instruments are generally quite quite wonderful.

Apart from the scopes where I prefer the Tektronix ones.

What toothbrush do you use?

[expat]

After puzzling for a few moments I worked it out.

Firefox + AdBlockPlus =

I had forgotten web pages had adverts. Blimey, don't they take a loooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooong time to load?

Yes, I had to start a different browser to see the ad. I really don't like advertising.

[Badger]

After puzzling for a few moments I worked it out.

Firefox + AdBlockPlus =

I had forgotten web pages had adverts. Blimey, don't they take a loooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooong time to load?

WHS +1

[BrowneIssue]

After puzzling for a few moments I worked it out.

Firefox + AdBlockPlus =

I had forgotten web pages had adverts. Blimey, don't they take a loooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooong time to load?

[KentPhilip]

And in the 15 seconds or so before the cog disappears you can't click on anything. FFS!