HP/Compaq Presario and Linux

[Benjamin Scott]

On Thu, 27 Jan 2005, at 11:15am, redwards at golgotha.net wrote:
>> Just tell a friend and don't buy anymore.  It's all you can do.  :-)
> 
>    I disagree.  True, word of mouth is great, but a pointed letter to
> HP/Compaq would definitely be in order.

  They don't care.  Indeed, they want it that way.  Presario PCs are
as-cheap-as-possible junk desktops.  Their sole purpose is to keep money
from going to the Dells and Gateways of the world.  They don't want them to
work really well; that might take sales away from the DeskPro line. Compaq's
position is that if you care, you'll buy a DeskPro.

  In other words, as far as Compaq is concerned, Travis's PC is working as
designed.

-- 
Ben Scott <bscott at ntisys.com>
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