are hP laptops good notebooks
i will say its the best. i am having one. 1) after sales service is great u wont find that good in dell. i know u r thinking for that. 2) parts are not too costly comparison to sony, dell, toshiba. 3) sevice stations are available all over. 4) performance and price are great deal. 5)experience :- my 2 friends had some prob one was using HP another was having SONY VIO. HP changed his RAM in just 2100 rs. and sony service sentre took 2000 just for adjusting RAM and opening. dont ask abt new RAM cost in sony.
Personally, laptops are like toothpastes - they are all about equal to each other and most people just buy one or the other based on price or brand loyality. Dell, HP, IBM all make decent laptops. It really just comes down to your preference and the options that each will offer in the laptop in your price range.
I believe the hard reality that has been setting in for Dell recently is that HP has been handing its backside to the company at an alarming rate. If you take into the account that the HP/Compaq combo has been doling out a real one-two punch to Dell’s bottom line, I don’t think anyone can really dismiss Dell’s anxious behavior as it jumped into bed with Ubuntu so readily. But what is the underlying reason for HP doing so well? Is it a better product? I should say not as I have found Dell notebooks to be a much more reliable product than the Compaq notebooks, from my own experience. As for the desktop products, I would say that each is on even footing with one serious difference - brick and mortar retailers pushing HP’s products while Dell remains, by and large, a catalog/Web site outfit. See, when I as a consumer can walk into Best Buy, Costco, etc. and find myself in a place where I can get my hands on PC in real time, not limiting myself to commercials and pictures, this adds immediate temptation to buy. But to the best of my knowledge, Dell simply does not offer this whatsoever; this could become a growing problem. In today’s “give it to me now” society, the idea of needing to wait for a PC to be shipped to the buyer is, quite frankly, a deterrent rather than a turn on. With any luck for Dell, it will be able to figure out a way around this problem before things become too sticky. Because as things stand now, the company has a real problem on its hands
I have one, it's a fine laptop, but the best thing about HP is it's service and support. I had a problem caused by my ISP, and had to bring it in, they tried to fix it on the spot, but told me I had to leave it. They worked on it right away and I had it back later that afternoon, and this was halfway around the world in Thailand, I purchased it in the US. I've called tech support and e-mailed with other questions and they were very prompt and precise in their answers. I would definitely buy HP again.
