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    • J
      Jason Banned
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      Anyone else contemplating leaving dell? We've seen their quality drop a lot for desktops and laptops in the past 6-12 months.

      Who are you using? Reality is there is only 1 other company for us to really consider and that's HP.

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      • scottalanmillerS
        scottalanmiller
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        We have HP desktops and laptops almost across the board.

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        • DashrenderD
          Dashrender
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          I've been on HP for the last 7 years

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          • JaredBuschJ
            JaredBusch @Dashrender
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            @Dashrender said:

            I've been on HP for the last 7 years

            I prefer dell only because their website sucks less for finding drivers?

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              Jason Banned @JaredBusch
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              @JaredBusch said:

              @Dashrender said:

              I've been on HP for the last 7 years

              I prefer dell only because their website sucks less for finding drivers?

              Does HP have driver packages for all models to use with WDS like Dell does?

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              • JaredBuschJ
                JaredBusch @Jason
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                @Jason said:

                @JaredBusch said:

                @Dashrender said:

                I've been on HP for the last 7 years

                I prefer dell only because their website sucks less for finding drivers?

                Does HP have driver packages for all models to use with WDS like Dell does?

                No idea honestly, but if they do you will never find them anyway.

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                • gjacobseG
                  gjacobse
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                  I've not had to buy much in the last year or so,.. but prefer Dell over some due to it just work(ed). Not to mention I knew the line.

                  I got swayed to try HP Laptops and their port applicators... what a fiasco that was. I really wanted real honest to goodness dock. Seems that some are going to USB only.. which caused issues with display and printer installs.

                  NTM - Video, Audio, Network, etc all went through the one USB 3.0 thread....

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                    Jason Banned
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                    Doesn't HP still have real laptop docks in the business line?

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                    • scottalanmillerS
                      scottalanmiller @Jason
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                      @Jason said:

                      Doesn't HP still have real laptop docks in the business line?

                      Last that I knew.

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                      • scottalanmillerS
                        scottalanmiller
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                        Now that HP and HPE are not the same company, I doubt that HP laptops will remain a standard for us. Having them as a stand alone company is just, weird.

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                        • JaredBuschJ
                          JaredBusch @Jason
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                          @Jason said:

                          Doesn't HP still have real laptop docks in the business line?

                          They have them only in one line, the EliteBook.

                          Laptop: L4A22UT
                          Dock: D9Y32UT

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                            Alex Sage
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                            Lenovo

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                            • scottalanmillerS
                              scottalanmiller
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                              There is also the possibility of leaving the traditional laptop world. Asus makes good hardware, for example, and actually makes a lot of the HP hardware. I've not used them for business but assume that they would be a potentially viable choice.

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                                Jason Banned @scottalanmiller
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                                @scottalanmiller said:

                                There is also the possibility of leaving the traditional laptop world. Asus makes good hardware, for example, and actually makes a lot of the HP hardware. I've not used them for business but assume that they would be a potentially viable choice.

                                Asus Lacks good support. They also don't have docks.

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                                  Jason Banned @Alex Sage
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                                  @anonymous said:

                                  Lenovo

                                  No thanks.

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                                  • scottalanmillerS
                                    scottalanmiller @Jason
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                                    @Jason said:

                                    @scottalanmiller said:

                                    There is also the possibility of leaving the traditional laptop world. Asus makes good hardware, for example, and actually makes a lot of the HP hardware. I've not used them for business but assume that they would be a potentially viable choice.

                                    Asus Lacks good support. They also don't have docks.

                                    Oh yeah, docks are going to be the hardest part I think. I think for serious equipment that you are stuck with just HP or Dell then. Don't even know if there is another player at all.

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                                      Jason Banned
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                                      To bad there's no true Gateway anymore.

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                                      • scottalanmillerS
                                        scottalanmiller
                                        last edited by

                                        LOL. I hope you are kidding 🙂

                                        Who devoured them anyway? Are they still around in some form?

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                                        • PSX_DefectorP
                                          PSX_Defector @scottalanmiller
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                                          Gateway was bought up by eMachines which in turn was bought up by Acer.

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                                          • scottalanmillerS
                                            scottalanmiller
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                                            Hard to believe Gateway could be bought up by eMachines. eM always seemed so little. What awful, awful companies. Why did any of them want any of the rest of them. LOL.

                                            They were each, in turn, the Packard Bell of their time.

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