HP or Compaq?

[watdahel]

Since HP and Compaq are now one I was wondering if Compaq laptops are now just as good as HP laptops? Compaqs tend to be cheaper. If I can get the cheap machine with the same HP quality then I'm set.

 

[hans007]

they are exactly the same laptops and desktops. just the outer casings are different.

 

[watdahel]

Is that true?

 

[hans007]

Originally posted by: erwin1978
Is that true?

i actually used to work in one of the refurbishment factories in the summers in high school and college (my dad is in management at one of the taiwanese oems that build/built their systems).

most of them (the home lines anyway) are the same chassis. most are assembled and built by ECS or asus at this point. before there were a few other companies involved such as tatung and trigem korea (they were emachines before emachines bought gateway and it got all confusing). tatung sold its pc manufacturing business to ecs.

anyways, that said its all the same.