HP buying Compaq

[sullen]

It was in the paper today. HP is spending $25 billion to buy Compaq. Both companies showed a loss this recent quarter. With the merger HP will be slightly smaller than IBM. So much for competition at retail stores. If you read this Baldrick I think the next survey on the home page should be what brand name computer you have ie Compaq, HP, IBM, Mac, Gateway, or Special Order Company or Build it Yourself. I think that would be an interesting survey if not yet done. I didn't check what ones have been done before posting this.

[Baldrick]

nope, I havent run that poll before but I will now.

[schwinn]

Some of us madmen own one of each....!Anyway to include people who own more then one machine brand?

[jeex]

schwinn is right.

i own a hp, compaq, gateway, & my own built

hp- celeron 533mhz, 128mb ram, 10gig hdd, 48x cd
gateway- 566mhz celeron, 128mb ram, 10 gig hdd, 48cd
compaq- 833mhz, 256mb sdram, 3 hdd's equaling 80gig, 6x dvd & 4x4x24x cd-rw

and my homebuilt puppy i'm not quite finished with yet, so the specs will remain mine.

anyhow, i'm glad hp is buying compaq, they both suck. maybe hp will buy gateway while they're at it.

[sullen]

I think HP sucks almost as bad as Gateway. HPs have such small cases and integrate a lot of their motherboards so you can't upgrade very much. At least Compaq made computers with large cases that you could add stuff to it. Besides, Compaq has/had some decent deals on systems. Most of these ordering places start with either or when it comes to DVD/CDRW drives and start with small 20-30 gig hard drives that you have to pay more to get 75-80 gig. You can get a decent Compaq with a lot of stuff for around $1200. I am NOT technically inclined so I am always browsing the CompUSA and Best Buy ads. I could never build my own or at least don't have the faith to.