Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Thanks HP!

Thanks HP!


Thor sent me this video.  I suspect Hewlett Packard will be using this for the next Super Bowl commercial.  Over the years, I've enjoyed great experience with HP computer support, but quit buying their printers because of heavy handed control over when you have to change ink.  The printer division is an entity unto itself.
6/30/2010 06:40:00 AM 8 Comments

"If the number of Islamic terror attacks continues at the current rate, candlelight vigils will soon be the number-one cause of global warming. "
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Anonymous said...

HP drivers are the issue. They work fine except when they don't.

The main question is: why are our armed forces having to use products manufactured by the enemy? That is, China?

- the friendly grizzly

6/30/10, 7:04 AM
Unknown said...

Dig deeper and you'll find this was a personal machine. HP made good on it and even changed its policies on support to troops in the war.

6/30/10, 7:22 AM
Rodger the Real King of France said...

Good sleuthing Award Vilmar.

6/30/10, 7:34 AM
Anonymous said...

Hope the captain can use a puter better than he can shoot.

6/30/10, 9:16 AM
Kristophr said...

Anon 9;16AM:

Try shooting a belt-fed LMG off-hand while standing, and get back to us.

6/30/10, 10:55 AM
Scott said...

Feeling ever the contrarian here lately...

My 18 month old HP laptop recently tried to kill me when the power supply spontaneously combusted. As in, an actual jet of flame issued from it. HP's response was "It's no longer under warranty so GFY."

It's interesting to note that when I asked what HP would do if the thing had ignited, say, my house their response (and I'm not making this up) is that they would reimburse me for the cost of the house but not for the cost of the power supply.

The incident drove me right into the arms of Apple and a shiny new Macbook. Strange given that my wife spent several highly enjoyable years in HP's employ.

6/30/10, 2:59 PM
Cheesy said...

Ibought an HP Lazerjet 4L in the previous decade. The thing lasted far beyond any reasonable expectation and finally just wore out about 5 years ago. I'm on my second (inkjet) HP printer now.
IMO, current production HP printers are so much cream colored dogshit.

6/30/10, 9:13 PM
Anonymous said...

HP used to be a great company. They made the 8566 Spectrum Analyzer which was so advanced beyond anything anyone else had that we concluded that they had been given alien technology. In their infinite wisdom they spun off the test equiment into another company (Agilent) and focused on making marginal computers and (lately) marginal printers. I will avoid them in the future.
Steve

7/1/10, 12:33 AM

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