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I had a higher-end HP lap top and so did my previous employer. Both suffered from serious identical overheating problems. He ended up replacing his motherboard and I ended up selling mine for a pittance. I would not buy another HP machine.
I also wonder if anyone can explain why someone would buy a MacBook.
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From: techwr-l-bounces+lporrello=illumina -dot- com -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com [mailto:techwr-l-bounces+lporrello=illumina -dot- com -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com] On Behalf Of Al Geist
Sent: Monday, January 30, 2012 7:42 AM
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Subject: RE: Laptop for personal use?
I have the same opinion of HP products, but not only because of Foxxconn. My HP quad-core (I-7 processor), near-workstation is not worth the money I paid for it and I didn't find out about all the problems with this model until after they started popping up....overheating, can't recognize the DVD drive half the time, absolutely terrible track pad, and the list grows. My wife's inexpensive Acer (I3 processor) can manipulate images as fast as mine, runs far cooler without a fan draining the battery, has never had a problem with the DVD, and has a track pad that works.
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From: techwr-l-bounces+al -dot- geist=geistassociates -dot- com -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
[mailto:techwr-l-bounces+al -dot- geist=geistassociates -dot- com -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com] On Behalf Of Gene Kim-Eng
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To: James Leatherwood; Meryl R. Cohen; Craig Cardimon
Cc: techwrl
Subject: Re: Laptop for personal use?
Right now I'm doing my best to avoid buying anything that comes out of Foxconn because of the horrendous news that keeps coming out about their factory working conditions. It's probably futile because there's no way of knowing who makes everything that's marked "made in China" and the only way to avoid Chinese-made electronics is to join one of those back to the stone age cults, but I'm going to keep it up for as long as I can before they wear me down. So for now that puts anything from Apple or HP's consumer products groups off my buy list.
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