04-13-2004, 08:12 PM
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here and there
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Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Western NY
Posts: 3,601
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Originally posted by Sharni
Excuse me....we have 2 Compaq's....and after owning quite a few different machines over the years have to state that the Compaqs have been excellent....they have neither of them given us any trouble
I personally wouldn't own anything other than Compaq
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I should have prefaced my statement with "It has been my experience that...."
Before I bought my HP I tried two different Compaq machines (they were ~100 bucks less than the HP I ended up with) and both of them went back to the store for exchange within 2 days. I was just not happy with them. I really did not like what I saw in the internals or how the machines seemed to just lock up for these little bursts of time. It could have a lot to do with the software that was on them... in any case it definetly crossed them off my list of future candidates for when this PC needs an upgrade.
As for the build your own PC option... yeah that works fine if you have the patience to do it  I seem to flop between a pre-built and the roll-your-own at each major upgrade. My secondary PC here is a roll-your-own and it has been rock solid.
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