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IT Professional Compares HP vs. Lenovo/Dell Laptop Build Quality and Serviceability

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ferguess_k

6mo ago· 17 min readenOpinion

Summary

An IT professional with extensive experience managing hundreds of HP laptops and desktops for a nonprofit shares their perspective that HP devices have been better built and more easily serviced than comparable Lenovo, Dell, and Acer models over the same period. They express regret about their organization's recent switch to Lenovo laptops pushed by their new MSP, finding them inferior in quality and serviceability compared to HP products they've previously used.

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I've had about 400 Windows HP laptops/200 desktops through my hands running IT for a nonprofit.
They are not perfect, but the different models have been better built, and more easily serviced, than comparable Lenovo, Dell & Acer models I've had my hands on in the same time.
Our new MSP pushed Lenovos on us for a batch of 25 or so computers including my latest laptop, and I regret it.
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I've had about 400 Windows HP laptops/200 desktops through my hands running IT for a nonprofit. They are not perfect, but the different models (from cheapo plastic-case 12/13 inch to top-of-the-line metal cased "16 inch desktop replacements" lappies and l

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