Comments on: 10 Reasons to not buy Hewlett Packard (hp) http://www.asifism.com/news-about-this-site-and-me/10-reasons-to-not-buy-hewlett-packard-hp/ HP QuickPlay, Accounting & Controversial Literary Babble Sun, 14 Mar 2010 00:13:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Commie B http://www.asifism.com/news-about-this-site-and-me/10-reasons-to-not-buy-hewlett-packard-hp/comment-page-1/#comment-7137 Commie B Sun, 07 Mar 2010 22:15:35 +0000 http://www.asifism.com/news-about-this-site-and-me/10-reasons-to-not-buy-hewlett-packard-hp/#comment-7137 It will solve all problems temporarily as it essentially resets BIOS memory. It will solve all problems temporarily as it essentially resets BIOS memory.

]]> By: James http://www.asifism.com/news-about-this-site-and-me/10-reasons-to-not-buy-hewlett-packard-hp/comment-page-1/#comment-7132 James Thu, 04 Mar 2010 22:34:07 +0000 http://www.asifism.com/news-about-this-site-and-me/10-reasons-to-not-buy-hewlett-packard-hp/#comment-7132 I called HP support and the help I received was awful and wrong. Me: I am having problems with my wireless. I think its the card. Support (in broken English): Okay, turn of the laptop, take out the battery, and press the power button for ten seconds. Me: How does that solve my wireless problem? I tell them I do it but I don't bother with it. Turns out this is something they tell many people with all sorts of problems. Earlier I had a problem with controlling my sound and they gave the same advice. WTF? I called HP support and the help I received was awful and wrong.

Me: I am having problems with my wireless. I think its the card.
Support (in broken English): Okay, turn of the laptop, take out the battery, and press the power button for ten seconds.
Me: How does that solve my wireless problem?

I tell them I do it but I don’t bother with it. Turns out this is something they tell many people with all sorts of problems. Earlier I had a problem with controlling my sound and they gave the same advice. WTF?

]]> By: BadAttitude http://www.asifism.com/news-about-this-site-and-me/10-reasons-to-not-buy-hewlett-packard-hp/comment-page-1/#comment-6755 BadAttitude Thu, 10 Dec 2009 15:05:50 +0000 http://www.asifism.com/news-about-this-site-and-me/10-reasons-to-not-buy-hewlett-packard-hp/#comment-6755 Hello all HP users: I dont buy Brand name computers I build my own,of course of the 4 laptops i owned none have been bought,people i know have given them to me,why you ask?There are HP's,lol,This laptops are troublesome,and yes the Support & Drivers is not very helpful,,,,most drivers screw up the whole upgrading.dv8000 geesuz this laptop should have been rejected on the assembly line,but of course they make them work for 6 months,and then doomsday.Even among other name brands,,i know people with Toshiba's,Dell and Acer,all manufacturers screw up,when it comes to mass production. Hello all HP users: I dont buy Brand name computers I build my own,of course of the 4 laptops i owned none have been bought,people i know have given them to me,why you ask?There are HP’s,lol,This laptops are troublesome,and yes the Support & Drivers is not very helpful,,,,most drivers screw up the whole upgrading.dv8000 geesuz this laptop should have been rejected on the assembly line,but of course they make them work for 6 months,and then doomsday.Even among other name brands,,i know people with Toshiba’s,Dell and Acer,all manufacturers screw up,when it comes to mass production.

]]> By: pascal http://www.asifism.com/news-about-this-site-and-me/10-reasons-to-not-buy-hewlett-packard-hp/comment-page-1/#comment-6635 pascal Fri, 27 Nov 2009 14:18:50 +0000 http://www.asifism.com/news-about-this-site-and-me/10-reasons-to-not-buy-hewlett-packard-hp/#comment-6635 sooo true!!! thank you for creating this page. it helped me a great deal to cope with my anger. but ofc it didn't help with my 6830s's defect graphic card. i will provide my "support odysee" shortly. and trust me, it's outragous, even for HP. sooo true!!! thank you for creating this page. it helped me a great deal to cope with my anger.

but ofc it didn’t help with my 6830s’s defect graphic card.

i will provide my “support odysee” shortly. and trust me, it’s outragous, even for HP.

]]> By: Ryan http://www.asifism.com/news-about-this-site-and-me/10-reasons-to-not-buy-hewlett-packard-hp/comment-page-1/#comment-6556 Ryan Wed, 18 Nov 2009 02:55:35 +0000 http://www.asifism.com/news-about-this-site-and-me/10-reasons-to-not-buy-hewlett-packard-hp/#comment-6556 HP is absolutely fucking garbage, the hardware is the cheapest shit I have ever encountered, their software is fucking useless, my $800 laptop is dying after 2 months of careful use. This was the first and only time I will ever purchase a product from this useless piece of shit company. I have had nothing but problems with this laptop and it's only 2 months old. I don't even want to repair this piece of garbage, I will "office space" this comp as soon as it dies Note to anybody reading this, don't buy an HP, they might look pretty but they are just a piece of shit painted nicely HP is absolutely fucking garbage, the hardware is the cheapest shit I have ever encountered, their software is fucking useless, my $800 laptop is dying after 2 months of careful use. This was the first and only time I will ever purchase a product from this useless piece of shit company. I have had nothing but problems with this laptop and it’s only 2 months old. I don’t even want to repair this piece of garbage, I will “office space” this comp as soon as it dies

Note to anybody reading this, don’t buy an HP, they might look pretty but they are just a piece of shit painted nicely

]]> By: Christine Palczewski http://www.asifism.com/news-about-this-site-and-me/10-reasons-to-not-buy-hewlett-packard-hp/comment-page-1/#comment-6445 Christine Palczewski Mon, 19 Oct 2009 18:29:29 +0000 http://www.asifism.com/news-about-this-site-and-me/10-reasons-to-not-buy-hewlett-packard-hp/#comment-6445 In 2005, I purchased an HP Pavillion dv2000. About a year later, the thing would not boot with the battery in. A while after that, it would only boot intermittently. I thought it was the hard drive, but replacement did not fix the problem. Shortly thereafter, it would refuse to boot at all; the fan and lights come on but nothing else. Seems a lot of people have had similar problems. I am not willing to pay a tech to try and fix the issues; it would cost more than what the laptop is worth to me. I had it sitting in a corner for a good long while, but recently I took it apart completely, nothing looked bad; put it back togther... I think it's time for the recycle bin. You are definitely right about the broadcom wireless card, it's a piece of crap and never did work right with Ubuntu. In 2005, I purchased an HP Pavillion dv2000. About a year later, the thing would not boot with the battery in. A while after that, it would only boot intermittently. I thought it was the hard drive, but replacement did not fix the problem. Shortly thereafter, it would refuse to boot at all; the fan and lights come on but nothing else. Seems a lot of people have had similar problems. I am not willing to pay a tech to try and fix the issues; it would cost more than what the laptop is worth to me. I had it sitting in a corner for a good long while, but recently I took it apart completely, nothing looked bad; put it back togther… I think it’s time for the recycle bin. You are definitely right about the broadcom wireless card, it’s a piece of crap and never did work right with Ubuntu.

]]> By: Angela Krycka http://www.asifism.com/news-about-this-site-and-me/10-reasons-to-not-buy-hewlett-packard-hp/comment-page-1/#comment-6422 Angela Krycka Fri, 09 Oct 2009 04:52:14 +0000 http://www.asifism.com/news-about-this-site-and-me/10-reasons-to-not-buy-hewlett-packard-hp/#comment-6422 Ancyfuss, GET THE MACBOOK. I have the macbook pro and it is a million times cooler than anything I have ever seen. I have since gotten rid of that piece of crap. (It was a "parental" decision not to throw away anymore money to get the thing fixed. I think it would have been our 4th motherboard. We had to replace the battery cord once, too. It's a thing of beauty... :) It runs so fast if you keep things cleaned (the cashe). Macs are said to be immune to viruses, but I have a anti-virus program "just-in-case". Though, there is one issue that isn't such a big deal anymore... the trackpad sometimes freezes, and if I remember right, it just needs to be rebooted wich is an easy fix. (You would just have to place you palm on the trackpad to "rebot" it. The battery is amazing... It seemed to start out with a 6 hour charge (if I remember right), but it seems the more it's charged, the longer the battery life it gets. Another perk, a macbook battery charger itself, it was kind of dicouraged against using the hp (gag) when it's being charged. Learned that when the original battery charger stopped working. The macbook (at least the pro) has a magnetic battery port. so when you put the charger in, you don't have to be affraid of any kind of movements that may rip out the cord. If you accidently drop any particle of something on the keyboard, all you would need is a brush with long soft bristles, not the coarse bristles, and you could wipe away whatever fell in the keyboard. All the keys are spaced apart. You won't regret buying a macbook! :) Ancyfuss,
GET THE MACBOOK. I have the macbook pro and it is a million times cooler than anything I have ever seen. I have since gotten rid of that piece of crap. (It was a “parental” decision not to throw away anymore money to get the thing fixed. I think it would have been our 4th motherboard. We had to replace the battery cord once, too.

It’s a thing of beauty… :) It runs so fast if you keep things cleaned (the cashe). Macs are said to be immune to viruses, but I have a anti-virus program “just-in-case”.

Though, there is one issue that isn’t such a big deal anymore… the trackpad sometimes freezes, and if I remember right, it just needs to be rebooted wich is an easy fix. (You would just have to place you palm on the trackpad to “rebot” it.

The battery is amazing… It seemed to start out with a 6 hour charge (if I remember right), but it seems the more it’s charged, the longer the battery life it gets.

Another perk, a macbook battery charger itself, it was kind of dicouraged against using the hp (gag) when it’s being charged. Learned that when the original battery charger stopped working. The macbook (at least the pro) has a magnetic battery port. so when you put the charger in, you don’t have to be affraid of any kind of movements that may rip out the cord.

If you accidently drop any particle of something on the keyboard, all you would need is a brush with long soft bristles, not the coarse bristles, and you could wipe away whatever fell in the keyboard. All the keys are spaced apart.

You won’t regret buying a macbook! :)

]]> By: Greg http://www.asifism.com/news-about-this-site-and-me/10-reasons-to-not-buy-hewlett-packard-hp/comment-page-1/#comment-6411 Greg Thu, 08 Oct 2009 04:24:24 +0000 http://www.asifism.com/news-about-this-site-and-me/10-reasons-to-not-buy-hewlett-packard-hp/#comment-6411 I have another reason to not buy HP, They knowingly sell dangerous products and they lie about it, I used to work in HP tech support, there was a known issue with the 6100 all in one printers. They would overheat to the point of melting, occasionally causing severe burns to the customers. Instead of doing a recall like any responsible company would, We where instructed to lie to the customers and pretend it was not a known problem. I have another reason to not buy HP, They knowingly sell dangerous products and they lie about it, I used to work in HP tech support, there was a known issue with the 6100 all in one printers. They would overheat to the point of melting, occasionally causing severe burns to the customers.
Instead of doing a recall like any responsible company would,
We where instructed to lie to the customers and pretend it was not a known problem.

]]> By: Ancyfuss http://www.asifism.com/news-about-this-site-and-me/10-reasons-to-not-buy-hewlett-packard-hp/comment-page-1/#comment-6341 Ancyfuss Tue, 22 Sep 2009 21:52:58 +0000 http://www.asifism.com/news-about-this-site-and-me/10-reasons-to-not-buy-hewlett-packard-hp/#comment-6341 This is the second time I have had this problem. Not the only problem I have had. First this happened. I returned it and it was fixed. As soon as the warranty went up my computer would not turn on. I sent it in (lucky for the one time free help). Before all of this my computer completely dumped everything and forced itself into a complete system restore (may have been a virus XD). Now my computers wireless is gone again and I cannot connect to lie support. I called and was told that since it was a gift and it is out of warranty that I must use online support, thing is every time I try to connect to the support it errors. This is total bullshit and I am wondering if anyone is interested in buying this shitty piece of shit so I can get a macbook. This is the second time I have had this problem. Not the only problem I have had. First this happened. I returned it and it was fixed. As soon as the warranty went up my computer would not turn on. I sent it in (lucky for the one time free help). Before all of this my computer completely dumped everything and forced itself into a complete system restore (may have been a virus XD). Now my computers wireless is gone again and I cannot connect to lie support. I called and was told that since it was a gift and it is out of warranty that I must use online support, thing is every time I try to connect to the support it errors. This is total bullshit and I am wondering if anyone is interested in buying this shitty piece of shit so I can get a macbook.

]]> By: Bryan http://www.asifism.com/news-about-this-site-and-me/10-reasons-to-not-buy-hewlett-packard-hp/comment-page-1/#comment-6255 Bryan Wed, 26 Aug 2009 11:41:33 +0000 http://www.asifism.com/news-about-this-site-and-me/10-reasons-to-not-buy-hewlett-packard-hp/#comment-6255 My dv6000 died this morning from a bad GPU. The exact same problem that happened last year in the spring. Called HP knowing the response I'd get, but I figured: "What the heck, I'll try." It was only today that I learned about the Nvidia chip problem, the extension of original one year warranties, and basic cover-up of the problem since my old motherboard was replaced AFTER HP acknowledged that there was a fault in their AMD based DV line. The asses gave me a new mother board that had the same faulty design as the first one they built my laptop around. And my "extended" warranty conveniently elapsed in July. Screw HP, join the class action suit filed and moved to Northern California: http://www.sfmslaw.com/pages/cases.php?id=300 My dv6000 died this morning from a bad GPU. The exact same problem that happened last year in the spring. Called HP knowing the response I’d get, but I figured: “What the heck, I’ll try.”

It was only today that I learned about the Nvidia chip problem, the extension of original one year warranties, and basic cover-up of the problem since my old motherboard was replaced AFTER HP acknowledged that there was a fault in their AMD based DV line. The asses gave me a new mother board that had the same faulty design as the first one they built my laptop around. And my “extended” warranty conveniently elapsed in July. Screw HP, join the class action suit filed and moved to Northern California:
http://www.sfmslaw.com/pages/cases.php?id=300

]]> By: miki http://www.asifism.com/news-about-this-site-and-me/10-reasons-to-not-buy-hewlett-packard-hp/comment-page-1/#comment-6248 miki Sun, 23 Aug 2009 15:16:21 +0000 http://www.asifism.com/news-about-this-site-and-me/10-reasons-to-not-buy-hewlett-packard-hp/#comment-6248 Well last night the piece of work went to sleep and it is just plain a no show today. Blue lights/fan comes on blank screen, you know the whole bit. Using phone now as a true testimonial... Stay Away From HP! Just say No! Well last night the piece of work went to sleep and it is just plain a no show today. Blue lights/fan comes on blank screen, you know the whole bit. Using phone now as a true testimonial… Stay Away From HP! Just say No!

]]> By: Miki http://www.asifism.com/news-about-this-site-and-me/10-reasons-to-not-buy-hewlett-packard-hp/comment-page-1/#comment-6237 Miki Wed, 19 Aug 2009 04:28:20 +0000 http://www.asifism.com/news-about-this-site-and-me/10-reasons-to-not-buy-hewlett-packard-hp/#comment-6237 I purchased HP dv2120us in October 2006 and was happy staying with XP and not upgrading to Vista. I didn't realize XP didn't utilize both AMD 64 processors until I upgraded to Ubuntu amd_64 earlier this year. Anyway I had to burn recovery discs and use them at least 5 times (8-10 hour recoveries each time) because of crashes. Anyway Anyway, HP doesn't support linux, so I can't update the bios or use their online support anymore. At this time, just over 2 years with moderate use, the computer will freeze if it goes into standby or hibernate - so that option is out (nice for a laptop). Also every other day now the whole screen will scramble, and I must reboot. Quess what? nothing happens after shutting down, just lights on the keyboard and no activity. I can reboot at least 15 times and nothing. I read about the 'tricks' but WHY do I have to do that! I have to leave this heat magnet on all the time now and can't leave home with it beause if it 'goes to sleep' I'm back to turning it off, removing the power and battery for 4 hours and then dancing naked before a full moon to appease the boot cycle. (did I mention this is a laptop!!!!!). I purchased HP dv2120us in October 2006 and was happy staying with XP and not upgrading to Vista. I didn’t realize XP didn’t utilize both AMD 64 processors until I upgraded to Ubuntu amd_64 earlier this year. Anyway I had to burn recovery discs and use them at least 5 times (8-10 hour recoveries each time) because of crashes.

Anyway Anyway, HP doesn’t support linux, so I can’t update the bios or use their online support anymore. At this time, just over 2 years with moderate use, the computer will freeze if it goes into standby or hibernate - so that option is out (nice for a laptop). Also every other day now the whole screen will scramble, and I must reboot. Quess what? nothing happens after shutting down, just lights on the keyboard and no activity. I can reboot at least 15 times and nothing. I read about the ‘tricks’ but WHY do I have to do that!

I have to leave this heat magnet on all the time now and can’t leave home with it beause if it ‘goes to sleep’ I’m back to turning it off, removing the power and battery for 4 hours and then dancing naked before a full moon to appease the boot cycle. (did I mention this is a laptop!!!!!).

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