[geeks] HP announces EOL for AlphaServer systems
    Bjorn Ramqvist 
    v53278 at g.haggve.se
       
    Thu Nov 10 01:06:10 CST 2005
    
    
  
Charles Shannon Hendrix wrote:
>>Maybe in high end stuff.  My son's school required him(us) to
>>by one of their laptops (through the school).  $2200 and 
>>it's a piece of s**t.  My HP zv6131 runs rings around it 
>>for half the price.  Even my 3GX doesn't suck as much. :)
> 
> That's interesting, because when I helped manage a fleet of laptops, the
> IBMs were among the most reliable.
I agree with you.
All computers fail, especially laptops, but IBM's tend to be "less 
unreliable" than others == better design.
I'm NOT counting their crappy harddrives, which they sold to Hitachi, 
which continues to produce the same crap.
(The Travelstars are dying one after the other here)
/Bjorn
    
    
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