[AT] OT - Laptop reccomendations

[Mike Sloane]

I have a neighbor who has worked for HP field tech support for many 
years, and I mentioned the same thing to him about HP's quality. He said 
that they have recently fired most of the management that caused the 
quality problem (from the CEO [Farina] on down) and are trying to regain 
their reputation. Unfortunately, it is a lot easier to ruin your 
reputation than to restore it. I agree that IBM and Toshiba are probably 
the best choices right now, especially if the machine will be bounced 
around a lot. The most expensive component in the laptop is a screen 
that is 100% free of dead pixels - some of the bargain machines might 
have been made from reject screens that have 1 to 100 dead spots. If a 
couple of dead spots are in an upper corner, that's fine, but if they 
are right smack in the middle, it can drive you nuts.

Mike

Steve W. wrote:
<snip>
> Oh and the reason why Gateway and Emachines are a problem- they are the
> same company now. Both of which are going downhill fast.
> Lenovo (IBM) still makes a fine machine. HP/Compaq used to be OK but
> since the merger they have been sliding downhill due to poor management
> skills.
> 
> Steve Williams
> Near Cooperstown, New York
> 

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