MLUG: RE: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] News Alert from NYTimes.com: Hewlett-Packard to Buy Compaq
RE: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] News Alert from NYTimes.com: Hewlett-Packard to Buy Compaq
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On Wed, 5 Sep 2001, F Vernon Green wrote:

> In my opinion all of these systems, Dell, Gateway, Compag and HP are
> so full of proprietary hardware that they make upgrading nearly
> impossible unless of course you buy your upgrades from the parent
> company. Of course this is what they are hoping you would do.

That depends on the "line" within the brand.  So I know that you can do
almost *anything* with a Dell Precision <model here>.

> I have a Compaq laptop, and if I had it to do over again I would have bought
> a Dell. The HP /Compaq merger doesn't do much to affect me though so I will
> not lose sleep over it.

I've been very happy with an IBM Thinkpad, except for the fragility of its
latchy thing. :-/

jking


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