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Was gonna say I vaguely remember when HP implied some level of quality
HP was indeed affordable and good. They made good laptops and laser printers for many years.
Back in my day...
I remember Carly Fiorina getting hired and almost immediately things started turning to shit.
I don’t know, it often seems that the prior ceo (often with the help of the board) sets a company up for quick profits, but long term doom. Then he leaves and they miraculously hit their first female CEO (see GM, Yahoo, Reddit, Blizzard, Twitter (currently)).
I don't disagree with that, but she knew exactly what she was brought in to do and jumped in with both feet. Would it have been someone else if she turned the gig down? Of course. But she said yes so it was her.
Oh yeah, I forgot to add that Carly specifically does is probably a pretty terrible person (hard not to be when vying for republican office). Good point.
HP is still plenty serviceable as long as you're getting HP Enterprise. The consumer stuff has been trash for almost 20 years now.
HP and HPE are two separate companies.
I suppose that explains the difference in quality and usability
Ooooooooh
that explains a lot