Aug 26, 2007 12:02 PM
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If you do not want to cry later** then please do not buy an HP/Compaq Laptop. Firstly you will be forced for Windows Vista costing any thing between Rs.4000 - 8000 because of pressure from Microsoft that every new laptop should be shipped with Vista. If you go for a DOS based Laptop then they will not give you any drivers CD. More important HP or Compaq do not manufacture their own Laptops they get them outsourced from Quanta an Taiwan/China based OEM. HP Just put their logo in BIOS.
Quanta does not provide drivers or any kind of support. You will not get any drivers from HP website except for vista forget Linux or XP. Even XP drivers are also washed out of their website in favour of Vista. I am still searching for drivers after churning out Rs40, 000.00 for a DOS based model V6425TU from HP.
So take care**. If you go for DELL they will simply refuse to ship without Vista. It seems that all big players are conrtolled by Microsoft's dirty gaming tricks. I you do not want to use Vista then why should pay for Vista and why one should pay for a buggy OS like vista.
It is the duty of hardware vendor to ship drivers for all mainstream OS alongwith equipment. But Microsoft doe snot allow them to ship drivers for any other OS other then VISTA.
