[jyl]

I've been deeply disappointed with the HP laptops at my company. Many have failed due to HDD crashes. People are on their 2nd and 3rd. Switched to Dells which are as big as dinner trays, impossible for road warrioring. I've never had a bad experience with Thinkpads. Note second tier PC makers are now getting HDDs that are lower spec due to the HDD shortage, I wouldn't trust those drives at all. If you're buying a notebook now, consider a SSD instead. If a desktop, back it up religiously. You might be getting a drive made by a Thailand factory only just drained of floodwaters, on machines that were underwater until recently.