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It seems HP have become of increasingly poor quality over the last few years.  Their motherboards seem to burn out within 6 - 18 mths.  I know of a lot of people who have had a real headache getting HP to replace under warranty.  I generally warn people off them now, which is a shame as they used to knock out some of the best equipment out there.

Originally Posted by Steve Richardson

“Thanks Nick, your insight is very much appreciated 

The Flex 2 arrived today and seems alright (other than Windows 8.1). But a quick download of Classic Shell puts the start button back where it belongs and makes people more productive!

Certainly impressed with first impressions. ”

The panelled start screen is by far the biggest annoyance in Windows 8 that people love to complain about...  it does seem a little pointless outside of touchscreen machines, but if you have a perfectly good keyboard and mouse, why would you ever use touchscreen on a Laptop (i had the first ever dell one 4 years ago, and i never used the touch really).  Ive noticed that classic shell bombs out on some machines with no particular reason.  If that happens  IOBIT do an alternative if you can find by searching 'IOBIT start menu'.

Good luck with the new lappy, hope it performs well

Hi Steve,

Ive provided and used a lot of Lenovo Laptop/Tablets over the last couple of years and for the price I find them great quality.  I do not see many come through for hardware issues, in fact I think only one, which was a disk drive issue, but it was possibly due to a fall rather than failure. Ive noticed more stability in Windows 8 since the 8.1 update. Id have no quarms about recommending them as an option for anyone, certainly more than the more recent efforts by HP/Compaq

Hope that is of use

Kind Regards

Nick

Masham IT