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This annoyed the hell out of me, when I had to get a HP for work. It had to be HP, so there were 20 different models. What is the point of 20 different models?
by megablast 17y ago
This annoyed the hell out of me, when I had to get a HP for work. It had to be HP, so there were 20 different models.
What is the point of 20 different models?
Sure, I understand screen size, but everything else if configurable, from HDD size, to Ram. All the processors are fast enough for development work, as far as I am concerned.
This is one area where Apple got it right. 5 different types of laptop.
- rbanffy 17y ago> What is the point of 20 different models? It's much more interesting than that: out of the 20 models, 12 won't run X decently, 8 will take 2 minutes to boot, 4 random models will be very fast and everything will work out of the box. You won't be able to identify any pattern. In the next revision of the lineup, the 4 that work well will be another random subset of the batch. Again, nobody will be able to see a clear pattern. Rinse and repeat. My previous Dell was absolutely Linux-proof. This one runs it perfectly well. It's however, slower than my netbook for everything but disk IO. This one has a Core 2 Duo. The netbook has an Atom z270. I really want to to away with this overly complex PC compatibles. If hardware vendors insist on using x86 processors, fine, but we no longer need, or want, to boot MS-DOS 1.0 unless under a hardware emulator.
- megablast 17y agoI was lucky then, my HP just would not suspend. Never had a problem on my IBM.