Sony in talks to sell PC business 'for greater smartphone push'

[Zappykins]

Xen said:

Zappykins said:

HP machines are notorious for being stuffed with bloat ware, having silly non fixable parts and unhelpful priority hardware.  The only reason they succeded (IMO) was because they used to sell so many to business.

I fixed a couple of HP computers and laptops for friend’s last year.  I couldn’t recommend  anyone ever get a HP, even before all the troubles they are in now and the nutter, Whitman* that is running it into the ground.

*Whitman cost Ebay 2 Billion dollars on Skype alone and was fired form Ebay with a bunch of lawsuit.

Won't argue about bad reliablity with HP (fact), I'm just saying that they're selling quite, quite well. Mainly because the hardware you get (if it works) is much more powerful than what most other manufacturers give you (for the money). Even manufacturers like Acer or Asus... like I said, at least here, in Israel. I have an Acer lappy myself, 3+ years of ownership, still going strong.

I think that is/was HP's plan.  Make higher in hardware and sell it low, that doesn't last, and make it nearly impossible to fix.  So it's cheaper just to buy new.

I have a 2 year old 'Sandy Bridge' Asus laptop that I like.