<div dir="ltr">In my own experience, I've found that HP equipment is generally pretty reliable across the board. Like with Microsoft branded hardware, HP generally seems to want their branded hardware to be associated with "quality".<div><br></div><div>That being said, the only HP branded equipment I've ever actively prefered to buy/sell/use is their printer line of equipment. This has nothing to do with quality, but has everything to do with price. Time and time again I see a too-large premium on HP branded (non-printer) equipment at the distributor level. I just can't justify the premium when there are lots of other options available that are of equal hardware quality. That, and HP keeps a pretty tight lock on their distribution channel, ensuring that only HP-approved channel partners can sell their equipment. (Good for helping to maintain control over the distribution and support channel, but no so good for smaller resellers like myself that don't want to be locked into any particular manufacturer's minimum sales quotas and channel support requirements...numerous time consuming hoops that must be regularly jumped through.)</div><div><br></div><div>That being said, if you have a good HP partner that you're working with and prices that you're happy with, I wouldn't have any qualms at all with using HP branded equipment. The caveat would be: only business class equipment. But that's a caveat <u>regardless</u> of the manufacturer. Business class computers -- yes; consumer-class computers -- no (unless you like higher failure rates, poorer performance, and quicker upgrade cycles).</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>2 cents,</div><div>Chad</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div>______________________________<br><b>Chad Neeper</b><br><font size="1">Senior Systems Engineer</font><br><br><b>Level 9 Networks</b><br><font size="1">740-548-8070 (voice)<br>866-214-6607 (fax)</font><br><br><font size="1"><i>Full IT/Computer consulting services -- Specialized in libraries and schools</i></font><br></div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jul 14, 2017 at 11:49 AM, Fred Miller Jr via OPLINTECH <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:oplintech@lists.oplin.org" target="_blank">oplintech@lists.oplin.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Was wanting to get opinions from fellow IT Managers & Administrators on the HP ProDesk G series computer desktops and laptops. Does anyone use HP for patron and staff computer upgrades and if so pros and cons
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