lifesbeautifulmagic
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Thu Sep-22-11 06:23 PM
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About Meg Whitman/HP - boycott from now on. |
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If I remember correctly, Meg is anti gay marriage and promised to uphold and expand prop 8 if she was elected gov of CA.
I can't believe the HP board appointed such a polarizing character.
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Thu Sep-22-11 06:33 PM
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I just bought a new HP computer 3 days ago. :cry: If I had known about this I would have bought something else.
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Thu Sep-22-11 07:15 PM
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Mz Pip
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Thu Sep-22-11 08:38 PM
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All my files have been transferred - took about 18 hours to do it. And it runs so much better than my old 'puter. It's fast and it has a graphics card that enables me to run 3D design programs.
Sorry. I am really happy.
I guess I'm just happy that I bought it before Nutmeg screwed it up.
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Thu Sep-22-11 07:26 PM
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4. Dell is even worse. Big time Bush & Co boosters |
Initech
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Thu Sep-22-11 07:59 PM
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9. And major proponents of outsourcing. |
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Thu Sep-22-11 07:26 PM
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5. Fortunately the fucking idiots are talking about spinning off |
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and eventually dropping the hardware division so they can concentrate on software. I hope it happens. I've favored their hardware for a very long time, it's simple and durable.
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Thu Sep-22-11 06:53 PM
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2. I'm running out of options here |
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Edited on Thu Sep-22-11 06:54 PM by ChandlerJr
Apple: Product of slave Chinese labor being driven to suicide.
Lenovo: Owned by the Chinese gvmt., who knows how they treat their slaves
Dell: Michael Dell contributed to George Bush
Who even knows about the rest of them, and now HP too?
I wonder if the old Commodore64 in the closet still works.
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Thu Sep-22-11 07:53 PM
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6. Rolling your own's still an option if you're going the desktop route... |
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I went component-by-component on my new one, spent a little less than I would have with a store-bought whole system, and am pretty happy with the result. (It's also a neat learning experience, provided you're into that sort of thing, which you might be if you've got a C64 in the house.)
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Thu Sep-22-11 07:57 PM
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7. Guess Carly Fiorini didn't fuck it up enough. |
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HP used to make quality products and was one of the best companies to work for.
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Initech
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Thu Sep-22-11 07:58 PM
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8. At least get her out of politics. |
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Thu Sep-22-11 08:03 PM
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10. I'm not a fan of HP products to begin with. Nor am I a fan of bigotted women of power. |
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Then again I'm not a fan of boycotts. They don't do didley squat nowadays.
If a company does the right thing, then billo the clown or someone like that will call for a boycott. If a company does something we don't like then boycott boycott boycott.
Just about every large company has an entire board of bigoted rightwingers. You can't boycott them all.
It's just a waste of energy.
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Thu Sep-22-11 08:58 PM
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12. We had 2 HP laptops with motherboard failures within 18 months of purchase. |
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I'll never buy another HP product.
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Thu Sep-22-11 09:01 PM
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Meg looks like a genius. I've recommended against HP crap for years, it's all trash. Tomorrow, a co-worker is going to bring me his daughter's HP laptop to repair, it's only a year and a half old, already headed for the junk heap except for my interventions.
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