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Tanner31593

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ugh, I strongly dislike HP.

My dad bought his Pavilion a320n directly from HP 4 years ago, and it came with a bad graphics card (i'm assuming). As a result it stays on all the time because when we shut it down it will NOT display anything on the screen until you wait at least an hour.
We can only restart. It's quite annoying.
BEing lazy, he never sent it back.

And who could forget the older 8665 series? Not sure if the 8665 is the right numbers but it was back back back back about a little under 10 years.
 
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The Hp is officially gone :)

Expecting my new blackbook in the next week or so :)

Edit: no re-stocking fee!! wooot!

thanks to those who questioned my sanity. By switching back, it is obvious proof it is still intact. :)
 
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macpwns said:
The Hp is officially gone :)

Expecting my new blackbook in the next week or so :)

Edit: no re-stocking fee!! wooot!

thanks to those who questioned my sanity. By switching back, it is obvious proof it is still intact. :)
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Glad to hear it, congrats on your new Blackbook.
 
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macpwns said:
The Hp is officially gone :)

Expecting my new blackbook in the next week or so :)

Edit: no re-stocking fee!! wooot!

thanks to those who questioned my sanity. By switching back, it is obvious proof it is still intact. :)
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WELCOME BACK TO THE DARK SIDE!!! ;D lol ( heard that on You Tube or something)

congrats on your new blackbook!
 
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You got a PC. You're on the dark side.
You got a PC with vista. You're on the darkest part of the dark side.
You got a PC that's made by HP and has Vista on it. You're so far in to the dark side that I don't know whether to smack you or tell you everything is going to be OK.
You returned it. You're computerless.
You bought a Mac. *loud happy music and many people cheering*
 
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macpwns said:
i think im goin black...:)
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You will never go back.

My mom just got a Blackbook and loves it. In fact, I love it. Maybe a tad more than my MBP.

MBP = raw sexual power
MB = so cute, you can't stop looking at it
 
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iRye said:
You got a PC. You're on the dark side.
You got a PC with vista. You're on the darkest part of the dark side.
You got a PC that's made by HP and has Vista on it. You're so far in to the dark side that I don't know whether to smack you or tell you everything is going to be OK.
You returned it. You're computerless.
You bought a Mac. *loud happy music and many people cheering*
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I might just come to alberta and shake your hand.

Hey. atleast i had the gonads to admit i made a mistake!!!!!

And no, im not computerless, im on my imac right now ;)
 
The Vindicat3d

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Très bien, bon travail monsieur!

Very good, good job sir!
 
dtravis7

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And no, im not computerless, im on my imac right now ;)
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Which iMac you using? Glad you have another system till your Blackbook arrives.
 
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Ah haha je n'a pas vu que vous êtes canadien, j'espère que vous appréciez votre iMac !
 
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I might just come to alberta and shake your hand.

Hey. atleast i had the gonads to admit i made a mistake!!!!!

And no, im not computerless, im on my imac right now ;)
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Haha, the funny thing is I typed that message on a Dell Vostro 1000 with Vista Business.
 
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Haha, the funny thing is I typed that message on a Dell Vostro 1000 with Vista Business.
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I thought your dell came with XP? If not sorry, I do not like Vista. I like the dell though.
 
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It did come with XP, but it kept bluescreening on logon.
 
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je suis cheerios!
 
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You are cheerios? Wouldn't it be "Je suis manger des cheerios?"
Pardon my French... took it two years ago for two years. Will be taking it again next year at Bethel University. I didn't have room in high school to keep going! Darn schedule.
 
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cwa107 said:
When you work on computers for a living, you tend to develop very strong opinions of certain makes and models. Put simply, the marriage of HP and Compaq produced an abomination of poor quality and design, the likes of which have never been seen before in the industry. The fact that these machines actually sell speaks to how poorly researched some people are when buying an expensive piece of electronics. It's completely mystifying to me.
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Yeah, I should have done my research when I was buying a PC. My HP has had it's motherboard replaced twice, now it has an unreliable video card and dead sound card.

Next time, I'd actually like to hear the phrase, "Dude, you're getting a Dell!"
 

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