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Last year I went with my sister to the biggest mall on the island, located in the capital ... It was chaotic. 
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Originally posted by Onyx
From my experiences, HPs and Compaqs have a high failure rate and are made of cheap parts. I have honestly never seen an HP computer in my life that didn't blow up way before its time, and HP's customer support is ATROCIOUS.
e: and it's not just me too - a few people I've talked to share these same experiences. maybe it's just bad luck, but eh.
My laptop was a Compaq.
- The screen flickered and finally almost died. (It's not 100% dead, but it's unusable.)
- Somehow, the cover for the hard drive came loose and started falling off.
- More I can't think of, other than there not being enough RAM for Vista to run comfortably (it came with Vista).
I also had trouble with my old laptop, an MPC. The backlight would flicker (different from my Compaq's problem) and the CMOS battery kicked the bucket.
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Going to work now(THIS IS GONNA SUCK)
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Feels good not having to work on Black Friday for once.
Still debating about heading out. I might go later tonight.
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Originally posted by Terra
there not being enough RAM for Vista to run comfortably (it came with Vista).
How much? I remember Microsoft allowing netbooks and low-end laptops to be shipped with XP for a while... I think if they were under 1.5GB of RAM.
I still get the feeling Vista would run comfortably even on my desktop... I've had nowhere near as much struggle with it as anyone else.
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My old laptop had only 1 GB of RAM. I got it in January 2008.
I actually went out and got a new one today though, at a tiny computer store that doesn't get many customers even on Black Friday.
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Aha, that was before they started shipping XP on lower-RAM computers then. Ah well.
What are the specs of the new one?
e: Also, how much did it cost?
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It's a nightmare at work. I am glad I can be home for 30 minutes, but I still have 4 hours left.
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Apparently there was a spike of calls at work from 6-8 AM or so. After that it was busier than yesterday but people were still waiting 3-4 minutes between calls, which is below average.
So yeah. Not the nightmare I'd expect working for a credit card company.
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