HP vs Compaq

All other things being the same (same RAM & hard drive memory, same
Athlon processor, same features/software), what makes the HP Pavillion
desktop worth $100 more than the Compaq Presario?

Glib answer: The willingness of people to pay $100 more for the world famous HP
Pavilion brand name.
Real answer: Absolutely nothing.

.... Ben Myers

On 4 Jan 2007 17:55:59 -0800, wrote:

>All other things being the same (same RAM & hard drive memory, same
>Athlon processor, same features/software), what makes the HP Pavillion
>desktop worth $100 more than the Compaq Presario?

I disagree. I just went through this episode and had a Compaq, then a
Toshiba and now an HP Pavillion dv6150us, which is absolutely great.

The Compaq had a non working volume control on the keyboard. No tech support
or CompUSA could fix it.

The Toshiba had constant disconnect with its wireless function. It might
work 2 minutes, never more than 20 minutes and would always Disable itself.
It was NOT easy to enable it . Again, tech. support and COMPUSA could not
fix it.

CompUSA then suggested this HP and it is more than they promised. It works
flawlessly and I am very delighted.


"Ben Myers" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Glib answer: The willingness of people to pay $100 more for the world
> famous HP
> Pavilion brand name.
> Real answer: Absolutely nothing.
>
> ... Ben Myers
>
> On 4 Jan 2007 17:55:59 -0800, wrote:
>
>>All other things being the same (same RAM & hard drive memory, same
>>Athlon processor, same features/software), what makes the HP Pavillion
>>desktop worth $100 more than the Compaq Presario?