[geeks] OT Question - workhorse laptop

[Patrick Giagnocavo]

Lionel Peterson wrote:
> I'm looking to get a new 'workhorse' laptop, and I find myself looking
> at two HP laptops, but I've no history with their HW - so I'm looking
> for feedback on the brand and these two lines of laptops.
> 

My experience with HP is that their fans, which cool the hard drive and
CPU, die early, leaving you with a cooked hard drive.

I don't know if others have that same experience...has happened on a few
notebooks over the years for me.

--Patrick