HP a good laptop ?

[Aaron]

Considering buying a HP laptop in about two months, curious to know if they really are good laptops..

Some people have said they're terrible, some have said they are brilliant to have..

Let me know what they're really like.. worth getting or best to leave it!

Thanks!

[Special]

i'd go by your budget more than the brand

[Aaron]

I've about 8 laptops bookmarked, trying to see which gets good comments.

This HP laptop is about €360, not so bad. But need to know are they worth getting.

[GommeInc]

I tend to like HP laptops - I rarely notice any problems with them. I think the two main companies to look out for are Dell and HP. It depends what laptop you get though, spec wise :)

[Chippiewill]

I've loved both of my HP laptops, solid build quality, decent pricing, nice styling and high quality parts - Just a laptop you turn on and works, no song or dance, nothing to think about. I haven't really had experience with support yet so I can't comment on that.

(I have however had terrible encounters with dell customer support, motherboard was replaced and then still broken, three replacement power supplies, hard drive wore out after six months etc. All this on one laptop)

[Aaron]

Oh that's great, I've got good comments and bad. Could you give me you're opinion on this particular laptop, if you don't mind.

http://www.pixmania.ie/ie/uk/10463094/art/hp/g6-1184sa.html


I've loved both of my HP laptops, solid build quality, decent pricing, nice styling and high quality parts - Just a laptop you turn on and works, no song or dance, nothing to think about. I haven't really had experience with support yet so I can't comment on that.

(I have however had terrible encounters with dell customer support, motherboard was replaced and then still broken, three replacement power supplies, hard drive wore out after six months etc. All this on one laptop)

[Neversoft]

I bought a laptop a couple of months ago and decided to go with HP over Dell. Very pleased. All has been well. I would recommend them.

[Aaron]

Oh that's good, no problems whatsoever ?

---------- Post added 20-09-2011 at 11:15 PM ----------

I've currently got a Dell laptop, had it 3 years it's given me nothing but trouble. The HP laptop I'm looking at is this.

http://www.pixmania.ie/ie/uk/10463094/art/hp/g6-1184sa.html


I tend to like HP laptops - I rarely notice any problems with them. I think the two main companies to look out for are Dell and HP. It depends what laptop you get though, spec wise :)

[Neversoft]

Nope, none at all.

[Aaron]

Oh good, thanks for the review. It'll help me! +rep for you're help anyway.

[Chippiewill]

Having looked at that laptop it seems good for the price, graphics aren't brilliant but if you want to just do web stuff or watch videos then it's all you need.

[lawrawrrr]

I've done the same thing as you! Except I only had my dell for a year. I loveeee my new HP and it's not the same one as the one you posted, but it's the same range (g6) so hopefully it'll be good!

[Aaron]

@Chippie ~ Is there any other areas it slacks at.. like any important things ?

---------- Post added 20-09-2011 at 11:29 PM ----------

Well, I've got some good comments about HP. One was, the girl had her HP laptop for 5 years without any problems, and then another had it 5 years and it's still as excellent as it was when he bought it. Although Dell, I'm not impressed one bit. I did get them to give me a complete repair to my laptop, would've cost quite some bit.. It was fine for two months, then went back to what it is.. Useless!

[Flisker]

I've never had any issues with Dell at all. I currently have a Dell XPS 15 (Generation before the current line of XPS 15's) and it works perfectly but I haven't had to contact Dell customer support.

[beth]

my sister has a few issues with HP laptops, mainly with chargers and the power ports. but support have always been quite good to her. i had a dell laptop and computer and had nothing but grief. would definitely go HP over dell.

[Recursion]

Never had any problems with Dell. Used their servers, their desktops and their laptops for the past 10 years at work and we've only had one or two laptops fail in that time and I always recommend them.

HP laptops used to be decent, unfortunately they went over to feeling cheap and nasty just like Toshiba did a while back.

Also Lenovo ThinkPads are good.

[Aaron]

Oh right, thanks for the help everyone! +repped all those who have helped.

---------- Post added 21-09-2011 at 05:52 PM ----------

I owe two +reps!