Comments on: HP ProBook 4510s – nice small business notebook http://www.rarst.net/hardware/hp-probook-4510s/ cynical thoughts on software and web Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:03:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Rarst http://www.rarst.net/hardware/hp-probook-4510s/#comment-12012 Rarst Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:36:27 +0000 http://www.rarst.net/?p=517#comment-12012 @Tiffany At sub-500 this one is a steal, even with lower-tier specs. :) For clean XP installs what I usually do is completely delete and re-create partitions when asked to choose one during setup. Don't think it ever failed me. @Tiffany

At sub-500 this one is a steal, even with lower-tier specs. :)

For clean XP installs what I usually do is completely delete and re-create partitions when asked to choose one during setup. Don’t think it ever failed me.

]]> By: Tiffany http://www.rarst.net/hardware/hp-probook-4510s/#comment-12011 Tiffany Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:24:17 +0000 http://www.rarst.net/?p=517#comment-12011 We were pretty skeptical about these due to the sub 500 price tag from our vendor, but bought one anyway as a swap out for one of our users. It's great so far. The one problem we ran into with it was the Vista pre-install screwed up the initial XP installation. You have to wipe the disk with 3rd party tools (we zero'd it out using a utility from UBCD.) Don't bother with the Vista/XP partition/formatting. After that, ran like a dream. Some little driver problems since, like the HP Bluetooth utility. But overall a great notebook. It actually runs BusinessMAP pretty well! We were pretty skeptical about these due to the sub 500 price tag from our vendor, but bought one anyway as a swap out for one of our users. It’s great so far. The one problem we ran into with it was the Vista pre-install screwed up the initial XP installation. You have to wipe the disk with 3rd party tools (we zero’d it out using a utility from UBCD.) Don’t bother with the Vista/XP partition/formatting. After that, ran like a dream. Some little driver problems since, like the HP Bluetooth utility. But overall a great notebook. It actually runs BusinessMAP pretty well!

]]> By: Geek Squeaks’ of the Week (#35) « What's On My PC http://www.rarst.net/hardware/hp-probook-4510s/#comment-11715 Geek Squeaks’ of the Week (#35) « What's On My PC Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:52:02 +0000 http://www.rarst.net/?p=517#comment-11715 [...] Rarst.net HP ProBook 4510s – nice small business notebook [...] [...] Rarst.net HP ProBook 4510s – nice small business notebook [...]

]]> By: Rarst http://www.rarst.net/hardware/hp-probook-4510s/#comment-11701 Rarst Wed, 04 Nov 2009 02:38:31 +0000 http://www.rarst.net/?p=517#comment-11701 @Ishan Blog is a great toy so I expect it to entertain me for considerable amount of time. :) @Ishan

Blog is a great toy so I expect it to entertain me for considerable amount of time. :)

]]> By: Ishan@ILoveFreeSoftware http://www.rarst.net/hardware/hp-probook-4510s/#comment-11694 Ishan@ILoveFreeSoftware Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:50:44 +0000 http://www.rarst.net/?p=517#comment-11694 wow.. you have very long term plan for this blog. That's great. wow.. you have very long term plan for this blog. That’s great.

]]> By: Rarst http://www.rarst.net/hardware/hp-probook-4510s/#comment-11689 Rarst Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:08:19 +0000 http://www.rarst.net/?p=517#comment-11689 @Ishan I actually don't encounter HP notebooks often, mostly Acer around here. As for <a href="http://www.rarst.net/thoughts/affiliate/">affiliate stuff at this blog</a> things are kinda slow. :) Overall I barely touched monetizing and it's unlikely this blog will bring considerable sums until third year (at least) with such pace. @Ishan

I actually don’t encounter HP notebooks often, mostly Acer around here.

As for affiliate stuff at this blog things are kinda slow. :) Overall I barely touched monetizing and it’s unlikely this blog will bring considerable sums until third year (at least) with such pace.

]]> By: Ishan@ILoveFreeSoftware http://www.rarst.net/hardware/hp-probook-4510s/#comment-11679 Ishan@ILoveFreeSoftware Tue, 03 Nov 2009 03:57:00 +0000 http://www.rarst.net/?p=517#comment-11679 I am a big big fan of HP. Their customer service rocks. I have one myself, and ran into some problem with it after around 2 years. Their customer service guys patiently helped me out even though warranty had expired long back. On the contrary, I had to pay Dell customer service to talk to them, just one day after expiration of warranty. BTW - I liked this concept of reviewing a product, and then adding an Amazon link for that. Really cool. Will try it sometime. I am a big big fan of HP. Their customer service rocks. I have one myself, and ran into some problem with it after around 2 years. Their customer service guys patiently helped me out even though warranty had expired long back.

On the contrary, I had to pay Dell customer service to talk to them, just one day after expiration of warranty.

BTW – I liked this concept of reviewing a product, and then adding an Amazon link for that. Really cool. Will try it sometime.

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