HP laptops = crap?

Homeslice · 02-22-2009, 12:40 PM

This is the 3rd HP laptop that has done this..........After about a year of use, it won't stay on standby or hibernate. Doesn't matter how you put it on standby/hibernate, whether by hitting the power button or closing the lid......It still powers back up a few minutes later while sitting inside your bag or backpack.

Heck, my most recent HP is even worse, it not only powers back up, it actually reboots, and keeps doing so every ~20 seconds and you can't stop it unless you remove the battery and the cord and try again in a few hours.

And no, it's not me who keeps buying these things, they're company laptops.

Cutty72 · 02-22-2009, 12:56 PM

I'm on an HP lappy now... mine is good.
about 2.5 years old and no issues as of yet.

Avatard · 02-22-2009, 01:35 PM

Windows computers have sleep issues. It's not just HP. The sleep function is broken in Windows.

...But now that you mention it; Yes, HP Laptops suck.

Mac if you can afford it; Lenova Thinkpad if you can't.

snaps · 02-22-2009, 01:47 PM

I'm on an HP laptop now, I think the build date was somewhere around 2004 and it works perfectly.

PEBKAC?

Avatard · 02-22-2009, 01:52 PM

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Originally Posted by snaps

PEBKAC?

I think not. Windows has known sleep issues, unresolved since day one. Perhaps you got lucky, and got a hardware combo that the sleep properly operates with...but for most, this is an old issue.

Google it.

Tmall · 02-22-2009, 02:01 PM

Had an Hp that didn't make a year. Loose screen, dead pixels, busted usb ports and the power cord had to be plugged in at the proper angle. Didn't even bother trying to get it repaired under warranty. Lost all fate in them. My first pc was an Hp. It sounded like a lawnmower from day one and went through way too many components..

IMO, Hp = garbage..

Lamnidae · 02-22-2009, 04:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Avatard

It's not just HP. The sleep function is broken in Windows.

It's a problem w/ something w/ the operating system, not HP.

But HP's "ok" I don't like thier customer support.... but everyone is outsourced now so *shrugs* ya take what you can get when you have no other choice.

SteveP · 02-22-2009, 04:49 PM

2 years later with my MacBook and it works perfectly.

Apple = winz

Lamnidae · 02-22-2009, 04:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SteveP

2 years later with my MacBook and it works perfectly.

Apple = winz

Flexin · 02-22-2009, 05:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Amblyopic

It's a problem w/ something w/ the operating system, not HP.

But HP's "ok" I don't like thier customer support.... but everyone is outsourced now so *shrugs* ya take what you can get when you have no other choice.

I didn't mind the customer support overall. I tried the online support so I didn't have to sit on the phone. Well I had to do something about 10 minutes later for a sec and missed the support help. So I went into it again and also called to see who I would get first. I received help minutes before the online help. He spoke English, went through steps that I have done myself many many times. After a few minutes of that I he said it needs to to be sent in for repairs.

A box arrived the next day to send it out in. I sent it out and had it back in about 4 or 5 days.

James

02-22-2009, 12:40 PM	#1
Homeslice Elitist Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: SF Bay Area Moto: Gix 750 Posts: 11,351	HP laptops = crap? This is the 3rd HP laptop that has done this..........After about a year of use, it won't stay on standby or hibernate. Doesn't matter how you put it on standby/hibernate, whether by hitting the power button or closing the lid......It still powers back up a few minutes later while sitting inside your bag or backpack. Heck, my most recent HP is even worse, it not only powers back up, it actually reboots, and keeps doing so every ~20 seconds and you can't stop it unless you remove the battery and the cord and try again in a few hours. And no, it's not me who keeps buying these things, they're company laptops.

02-22-2009, 01:35 PM	#3
Avatard Crotch Rocket Curmudgeon Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Here to integrity Moto: Li'l red baby Ninja Posts: 7,482	Windows computers have sleep issues. It's not just HP. The sleep function is broken in Windows. ...But now that you mention it; Yes, HP Laptops suck. Mac if you can afford it; Lenova Thinkpad if you can't. __________________ Insert free thought here.

02-22-2009, 01:47 PM	#4
snaps Crazy like a fox... Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: WA Moto: 05 R6 Posts: 76	I'm on an HP laptop now, I think the build date was somewhere around 2004 and it works perfectly. PEBKAC?

02-22-2009, 02:01 PM	#6
Tmall Aspiring Rapper Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Halifax, NS Moto: '12 CB1000R Posts: 3,569	Had an Hp that didn't make a year. Loose screen, dead pixels, busted usb ports and the power cord had to be plugged in at the proper angle. Didn't even bother trying to get it repaired under warranty. Lost all fate in them. My first pc was an Hp. It sounded like a lawnmower from day one and went through way too many components.. IMO, Hp = garbage..

02-22-2009, 04:49 PM	#8
SteveP Canyon Carver Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Pensacola, FL Moto: The v-twin trifecta Posts: 437	2 years later with my MacBook and it works perfectly. Apple = winz