I've always liked HP computer gear - started serious life with an HP86A, and an HP 4-pen plotter, teamed with an Epson HQ1500 (?) daisy-wheel printer, which all lasted well past their obsolescence date. This email is being written on a two-year old Z200 workstation running an i5 CPU, and if I print I print to either an HP1020 Laserjet bought 4/2007 or an HP 4510 Inkjet, bought 4/2009 - so I'm pretty satisfied with HP gear. My displays are both Dell, firstly because the workstation came without a display and secondly because I could pick up a used monitor for $30 when the previous one died.
John Coyle Brisbane, Australia -----Original Message----- From: PDML [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of John Francis Sent: Monday, 2 December 2013 10:21 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: Computer purchase dilemma On Sat, Nov 30, 2013 at 10:25:24PM -0500, John Mullan wrote: > If you want decent machines with Win 7 Pro, look at Enterprise class > machines like HP's Elitebook and Probook laptops, or similar desktops > aimed at the business user, not the typical consumer class machine. > > jm Yep. This is being written on an EliteBook 8740w (17.3" 1920x1200); it's roughly comparable to a MacBook Pro (quad i7 processors, memory up to either 16GB or 32GB, depending on who you ask). Windows 7 Pro. My previous two machines were both HP laptops (one XP/32, one XP/64), and I got over 10 years of use out of them. The weak point, in each case, was the display. But then, what do I know? I've also got a house full of Sony A/V kit, some of which is over 20 years old; the only thing which is coming to the end of its life is the projection TV, and that's got to be around 10 years old. It could be fixed, but a new flat screen would almost certainly cost less, and offer me more (such as HDMI, for one thing). -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
