Comments | msmercenary: Busted laptop

msmercenary

Busted laptop

Apr 06, 2007 10:34

I've just been bitten by a design flaw in the HP Pavilion laptop series. The power connector is a rigid Radio Shack style plug which sticks out from the side of the case. I remember thinking, when I bought it, that, gee, any kind of lateral force would bend the connector and render the whole power supply useless ( Read more... )

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naruvonwilkins April 6 2007, 20:02:08 UTC

Buy... a... Macbook Pro......

msmercenary April 6 2007, 21:06:03 UTC

I pretty much expected this comment, hence the last sentence of my post. :) The power supply connector is one of many things Apple got very right on the Macbook.

If I were in the market for a new laptop, I'd probably consider a MacBook Pro, because it's such great hardware. I could wipe the drive and put on Vista, and have a kick-ass laptop. The fact is, though, that $50 for a new HP power adapter is more in-line with my budget than a new $1100 laptop.

naruvonwilkins April 6 2007, 21:12:22 UTC

Hah, $1100? More like $2500.