[geeks] HP announces EOL for AlphaServer systems

[kevin]

I always buy IBM Thinkpads at work and out of 13 laptops (different 
models bought over five year period) i have had only one drive fail and 
that was 3.5 years after it was purchased.

As far as standalone HDs go, Hitachi and Fujitsu are pretty much the 
only drives that i buy.  Good experiences all around.

/KRM

Sridhar Ayengar wrote:

>Bjorn Ramqvist wrote:
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>>Charles Shannon Hendrix wrote:
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>>>>Maybe in high end stuff.  My son's school required him(us) to
>>>>by one of their laptops (through the school).  $2200 and 
>>>>it's a piece of s**t.  My HP zv6131 runs rings around it 
>>>>for half the price.  Even my 3GX doesn't suck as much. :)
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>>>That's interesting, because when I helped manage a fleet of laptops, the
>>>IBMs were among the most reliable.
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>>I agree with you.
>>All computers fail, especially laptops, but IBM's tend to be "less 
>>unreliable" than others == better design.
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>>I'm NOT counting their crappy harddrives, which they sold to Hitachi, 
>>which continues to produce the same crap.
>>(The Travelstars are dying one after the other here)
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>In my experience:
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>Travelstar == Deskstar == Crap;
>Ultrastar != Crap;
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>Peace...  Sridhar
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