Hewlett Packard desktop computers Review

HP desk tops are the absolute worst. My first desktop circa Windows 98 was so under-powered, and had so little memory that it used to freeze up just playing solitaire, and cost me a fortune. I had purchased an extend warranty that the company absolutely refused to honor. I finally gave it away and bought an e-machine for a third as much which ran perfectly.

HP's glory days of Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard tinkering in the garage are long behind this company which no longer has anything cutting edge except their state of the art prices.

In case you think that things have improved I work for a large branch of California state government. This company apparently lobbied the State legislature to pass a bill that we had to buy our computer equipment i.e. desktops, laptops, monitors, printers etc from HP because they were located in Northern California and it was good for the state's economy.

The equipment was an ongoing disaster. The pricey monitors had poor resolution and the laptops and desktops were so woefully underpowered that they froze up all the time and lost critical data. The special ink cartridges for the laser printers cost two to three times as much as other printer cartridges and constantly ran dry when you were in the middle of printing a critical report.

The IT staff finally revolted due to the deluge of repair tickets and complaints. The equipment was finally replaced with Dell components despite it being located in Texas. And everyone lived happily ever after.

This company and it's stock price have never recovered from Carly Fiorina who was fired for incompetence.