[textminer]

Ah, ain't that the truth. I loved my HP Pavillion, until its motherboard glue melted and internal parts detached. Twice. Shame for them, too-- circa 2007, you saw as many of those on college campuses as you did MacBooks or netbooks. No longer.

[Pxtl]

I feel like HP made a tactical error by eliminating the Compaq brand for their garbage products. It feels like car companies have the right idea - Toyata/Lexus, Honda/Acura, Chevy/Buick, and so on. If HP had used Compaq for their low-end cheap products, they might not have reaped as much profit in that space as the HP brand got them, but the HP name might still mean something. Now the HP brand is worthless.