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Hp Urges Consumer Customers Not To Downgrade New Pcs To Windows 7

#1 PCWorld

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Posted 08 November 2012 - 10:45 AM

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Posted 08 November 2012 - 11:09 AM

To me that reads "stay away from our products because we don't support them." Too bad. I was considering an HP Desktop.

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Posted 08 November 2012 - 01:11 PM

Hewlett-Packard is betting strong on Windows 8. If the OS turns out to be a success, HP policy will make no difference. But, if Windows 8 turns out to be a failure, the manufacturer policy will be against customer satisfaction.
Here in Brazil, HP computers are very good until they need technical support.

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Posted 08 November 2012 - 01:15 PM

At least windows 8 awesome, so downgrading isn't necessarily.

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Posted 08 November 2012 - 02:32 PM

No only do I buy computers but I recommend them to others. I won't recommend HP.

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Posted 08 November 2012 - 03:19 PM

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At least windows 8 awesome, so downgrading isn't necessarily.

You must be joking!

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Posted 08 November 2012 - 03:43 PM

Another great business decision by HP! They are geniuses. No wonder their business is doing so well. Oh, wait....

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Posted 08 November 2012 - 04:03 PM

The HP-COMPAQ Site Does Allow The Download Of Drivers, For The Machine I Am Using, In The Following OS Flavors:

A - W2000 Or,

B - XP Or,

C - VISTA.

The Machine Was Bundled With XP, But I Have The Option Of Going One Step Down Or Up.

Apparently Not Anymore For The Newer Machines - The Not 'Backwards Compatible' Policies Are Out In Force, Stronger And Stronger As The Time Goes By.

And These Companies Continue To Express Their 'Concerns' On Everything Ecology Related.

Hypocrites.

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Posted 08 November 2012 - 05:08 PM

One more reason not to buy an HP machine then... (a consumer one anyway)

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Posted 08 November 2012 - 06:21 PM

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At least windows 8 awesome, so downgrading isn't necessarily.

I agree with you all the way on that about windows 8. Unfortunately, there will be some lunk heads who are so stuck in the past and would probably try to throw Windows XP (never mind Windows 7) on an otherwise excellent machine.

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Posted 08 November 2012 - 06:23 PM

If I were buying a new PC today I would insist that it be upgraded to Windows 7 and I be allowed a test run before I left the store. Looks like I would not be buying a HP.

Windows 8 will never be allowed on any device I own unless major changes come in the future.

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Posted 08 November 2012 - 06:24 PM

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No only do I buy computers but I recommend them to others. I won't recommend HP.

I don't know. I haven't had many problems with HP products.

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Posted 08 November 2012 - 06:29 PM

How many of you Windows 8 haters have tried out Windows 8 for several months almost non-stop? I have been using the preview version since March 2012. It took some getting use to, but it grew on me and I'm sold on it. Is it "perfect"? No. But, I like it. That is my testimony.

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Posted 08 November 2012 - 07:21 PM

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One more reason not to buy an HP machine then... (a consumer one anyway)

I have seen too many HP (family) PC's go wrong too soon. Some years ago I bought a $1400 Compaq laptop that lasted about 15 months.

We have a HP desktop here that is a few years old. Within the first year, HP replaced the hard drive twice for failure reasons. On the third same failure I fixed the problem by wiping the HD and reinstalling the OS from scratch. This wiped out the HP system health program which was reporting problems that weren't there and creating problems by trying to fix itself.

Never again will I consider anything from HP. NEVER!

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Posted 08 November 2012 - 10:07 PM

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To me that reads "stay away from our products because we don't support them." Too bad. I was considering an HP Desktop.

Me too.

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Posted 08 November 2012 - 10:09 PM

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Me, since beta; it sucks!

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Posted 08 November 2012 - 11:14 PM

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To me that reads "stay away from our products because we don't support them." Too bad. I was considering an HP Desktop.

This is actually standard operating practice for ANY OEM (HP, Dell, Sony, etc). I worked for Dell tech support for 5 years. Dell spends a lot of time getting the computer ready with the operating system it was shipped with. Testing all the drivers and such. If you put another OS on it, then we cannot diagnose if your problem is due to the IS itself or the hardware. So, we require yo re-install the original OS if you want warranty support. We also only support our own legally licensed OEM OS. If you install some other OS, it would not be licensed by us and we have to refer you to whoever licensed your copy. Tech support loses computer manuf revenue and we have to make sure we are supporting what we should be supporting and not supporting what we shouldn't be. That's the way it is. And its not just DELL. It's the same for ALL of them.