Whatever happened to this company?
Carly Fiorina happened.
Women suck with business.
What happened?
>>52525945
Now there are two companies.
>>52525945
3 ceos in one year
One tried to run the company into the ground
>>52526039
Pretty much, sexism aside, she absolutely ruined the company.
>>52528584
Women suck at big business.
>>52525945
A decent enterprise company finally decided to ditch their terrible consumer division. Sucks to be you if you've ever had to use an HP product that didn't start with a Z.
>>52529273
Carly suck at big business*
>>52529837
No, in general.
>>52529273
>>52529749
>yfw the decent HPE products were ex-Compaq anyway
top kek
Daily reminder that HP backed out of the consumer tablet market...twice
>>52527522
It was past its expiration date.
>>52529749
>Implying
>>52529749
>decent enterprise
Please refrain from overusing memes
>>52530547
they have their hands full failing in low end consumer garbage anyway
>>52529749
Z workstations are the best thing ever
They started making devices which are broken by default if they have the HP logo on it
Best calculators ever.
>>52530547
>>52531707
>I bought pic related this week
How Fucked am I?
>>52531909
48gx
good fucking taste, when hp was making quality hardware
everything in the last 15-18 years is total shit
>>52532660
Yes man. That's a fucking calculator. That's sad the screen is damaged (you can see it on the picture).
That thing would cost $300 without the scratch on the screens. It's in perfect condition (except the screen).
>>52532630
I meant laptops when i said devices that are broken by default.
No idea about tablets.
>>52532682
The HP I like to remember = quality test equipment, calculators and other parts.
Fun fact: the Avago mouse sensors that everyone loves, the company was HP's optoelectronics division.
HP died when they split the original company off, forming Agilent. IMHO the HP name should have gone with the original company, and not the computer part.
>>52532737
Yes. HP calculators are the best (no they come equal first with TI). But HP computers are the worst.
>>52532832
>HP computers are the worst.
all consumer computers are total shit, built down to a price
>>52532852
No intel computers are good.
They use the ink cartridge business as a bank to acquire failed companies their board members have invested VC money in.
Look at the board members.
They're all VC people.
Look at the companies HP acquired.
They're all washed up start-ups.
>>52525945
They sold Thinkpads to Lenovo
>in this thread
>poor people who are moaning because their $300 laptop, with a celeron processor lasted only 1 year
>>52532874
HP died when they hired MBAs to run the company instead of promoting engineers.
>>52532630
> Intel
> Battery life
Pick 1
>>52532981
That was IBM
>>52533031
Good meme
I've got a HP Probook from like 2013 (First generation 450) and it's.... OK
The trackpad just died about a year ago (not much of a problem, since I never used it) and it likes to heat up (idles at about 50-60c)
but other than that, it's fine
>>52527522
;_;
>>52532630
I have a HP Stream 7. Display is really good, which is surprising for the price, touch screen is good, audio sounds fine, but there's a hardware problem most of them have where there might be a buzzing sound (which gets mostly fixed by a BIOS update).
There is a catch though. Keeping audio unmuted will drain your battery in standby, and it will still drain a decent amount even in use while unmuted. Also, the biggest issue is that you will run out of battery in 4 hours with 25% brightness (2 hours if you're using something like Chrome instead of Edge/IE).
I wasn't really happy with the battery life, as I want a tablet to last more than 4, maybe 5 hours. I got a Surface 2 (the RT version) about 3 weeks after I got the Stream 7 and the battery life is good. I'm satisfied with it.
>>52533846
This
HP's just at shit at consumer laptops as Lenovo is
But their businesses range (Probook and Elitebook) are fine
Enterprise.
I also own a Z800 and it's fucking fantastic.
>>52527706
This. Also, we offer some kickass financial and IT solutions. Feels good to work here.
>>52525945
Leo and that one slut killed off WebOS.
Consumer grade laptops are actually getting good at the high end, while low/mid range are usable compared to overheating crap from years ago.
Business grade hardware still same as usual.
>>52533814
Unfortunately for this tablet, the meme is true.
>>52533031
I'd much rather have worse battery life and have the capability of running proper desktop programs if needed
>>52533846
>The trackpad just died about a year ago (not much of a problem, since I never used it) and it likes to heat up (idles at about 50-60c)
>but other than that, it's fine
LOL hp's business models are as shit as their consumer models. I had an 6v6000 that I bought in 2007 and the fucking thing died 1.5 years later. My experience with it was so bad that I went with a used chinkpad and it's been butter ever since. The only US computer company I would buy at this point is dell.
>>52533992
Two minor issues for me (The laptop is baisically a "desktop replacement" for me, so I've always got a mouse)
As for the heat, they did a good job diverting it away from the handrest. It's at ~50c right now and it feels cold to the touch
>>52529489
Worked in one of their service desk. They made everyone in that sector including managers teamleaders all the way to the top ALL contractors. So many people lost great benefits, pay went down like crazy, kicker is direct employees were making less per hour than contractors because of benefits still got the same pay, its 12.50 by the way. I got the fuck outta there fast as I could. They literally told us the day it happened. Meanwhile meg Whitman got a huge bonus raise mere months earlier.
>>52525945
they found out how to turn black ink into gold and then they lost their minds.
>>52530457
>>yfw the decent HPE products were ex-Compaq anyway
everything you hate about modern HP is ex-compaq, shit actually built by HP before the merger was practically fucking art
how are 2570p and 8470p compared to thinkpads? anyone own either?
>>52534760
>mouse over picture
>look at computer and screen
>notice mouse pointer in picture that's not even on the monitor screen
>move my mouse to try and move it
>mouse moves out from over the picture, picture disappears
good job fucking with my head for a moment
>>52533895
DOT certified?
I will do my absolute best to stay away from all their products.
>gf's laptop is slow
>figure a HDD to SSD swap will be the best bang for the buck upgrade for now
>do a fresh windows install too , things are going great
>time to install/update all the drivers
>browse HP's shitty site for drivers
>a few drivers don't work strange, and one device is just 'unkown'
>ok lets contact support, the warranty ended but maybe I can email them a question.
NOPE.
HP throws you into the community forums as soon as its out of warranty. You've got a question ? better have your wallet ready to pay up to ask them.
>never did get bluetooth to work properly despite the hardware reporting no errors
>found a working driver for the 'unknown' hardware on lenovo's support site
fuck you HP.
My story doesn't revolve around some shitty laptop, but entirely how shitty HP's site is and how shitty their support is, fuck them hard.
>>52535823
Isn't the enterprise side even more Jewish about that? I remember hearing one anon report that stuff like BIOS updates and the like for servers are behind a paywall, and they won't let you download them without a support contract.
>>52535686
Possibly. It's gotta be, since it's used on Formula E.
>>52535927
Too bad that HPE logo blocks the driver's vision.
>>52535886
that I can understand, it all depends on your agreement with them.
>negotiate new hardware
>go with the lowest upfront cost
>gotta pay to access basic updates
>operating costs now eat into your realized savings going with the cheapest vendor
rinse and repeat every time you get new shit
Business can be ass backwards, many of them care only about initial costs and don't look down the road.
The place I work has refrigeration, we use these old ass refurbished fridges from who knows when, our compressor is also old as fuck too.
its a huge clusterfuck of what looks like the cheapest/least efficient shit they could put together.
Now because shit is so cheap and old, we spend 100K+ per year to call people in to fix/maintain it all the time.
Not to mention the lost sales/product when they do break.
I spoke to the reefer dudes before, they would *never* design is this way, but hey, its what the client wanted, and now the client pays them to be there every other week fixing/checking shit.
>>52525945
Carly Fiorina happened.
>>52535823
HP drivers are easy to find, and so is an Unknown Device.
Stop being an autistic faggot and learn how to search and install drivers properly fucktard. Don't blame a company for your own incompetence.
>>52525945
Why do they make the ugliest laptops?
>>52527522
>I'm still using a Gateway laptop
My nephews don't even recognize the company.
>>52533866
You can upgrade the Tablet to Windows 10?
>>52532630
I won one in a give away.
I threw it away about 1 month in.
>>52537623
Is it really that bad?
>>52537001
Yes.
>>52529749
dl 380 doesn't begin with a "z" though, anon
>>52525945
Although a bunch of shit happened, their high end consumer and business line of computers are pretty good.
The HP Spectre x360 is almost Apple-tier in perfection.
The HP Z-anything is pretty much god-tier in workstations.
>>52538885
Nice
