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Originally posted by saltfish
So, when it comes to reliability of a machine could you guys clue me on on what you think makes the Emachines or the Compaq so bad?
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Well, from my experiences, the Compaq that I bought wouldn't stay on. Yes, it would lose all power every 3-5 minutes. I could barely get into Windows. It wasn't a software issue, but a hardware issue. On top of that, the Compaq customer support was worthless. I took it back 3 days after I bought it and got a Hewlett Packard which is still running today, even after a case transplant.
A friend has a Compaq and hers gives her trouble on a daily basis. It's been formatted numerous times, and the problems still exist (I won't bore you with specifics, but HDD errors are constant).
My friend's parents have one, and he says that it would barely get to Windows straight from the store. After he formatted it, it still gave various HDD errors like my friends. Neither one of those computers support extra HDDs or CD-ROMs...they have to be Compaq.
Straight up, every single person that I know that owns a Compaq has had bad experiences with it. Compaq is simply infamous in the computing industry as being unreliable. I know that this isn't always the case, but you can't change the facts.
-Lasereth