Bought this laptop in 2007. and had nothing but problems since I bought it.I am not sure whether this is the case with all laptops!1.the cd drive pops out every 5 to 15 mins and you have to push it in ever time--this is my daily routine now. it pops out sometimes when I write a CD/dvd and I have lost hell lots of time and money by trying to write something on a CD/DVD 2.
The construction of big laptops are generally flimsy. My camera stopped working. It somehow has a cable running through the lid and into the motherboard.3. The blue tooth works at its own will so it is up to you luck and god’s will weather that will work.Never figured out why it just does not work.4.Most of all the display!! It has grains in it white dots or de-colourised dots all over the screen. though I can read what appears on screen. It just is not clear.
Oh ya I tried recovering the laptop to see if it was a driver issue. Nay it was not. THE worst part of all this is that any hp laptop service you go to in INDIA the only answer is that its a motherboard issue and it will take 1/5th the cost of the laptop to repair it using which I can easily buy a netbook here. And ther is no physical damage in the mother board --I wonder what the problem is!In essence I have have made a huge mistake in buying an HPI also found an interesting trend!! in the 3-4 hours I spent in the service centres I found 10 to 12 people bringing in large laptops of more than 14" for display and similar problemsGuess HP has made products to milk money through service.