I ordered a Laptop (zv5000z series) and an h5555 iPAQ Pocket PC.
The first thing I'd have to say is since I finance through HP, they contacted me less than 30 min after placing my order on line. Verified my information, while repetitive, it made me feel pretty good that they went this far.
The iPAQ shipped the next day, and I received it in 2 days, even though I didn't request any type of 2day shipping.
The Laptop shipped 3 days earlier than what I was told, and it also arived in 2 days. Pretty good considering the laptop shipped out from China and arrived in KTown, TN. There were some problems with FedEx tracking, but nothing HP could be blamed for.
The customization for the laptop was a bit confusing. The processor listed are actually Mobile processors, even though the mobile tag isn't provided.
AMD Athlon 64 3000+ = 2.0Ghz / 512K L2 Cache
AMD Athlon 64 3000+ Mobile = 1.8Ghz 1M L2 Cache
I did have to contact HP support about an issue related to flashing the BIOS of the notebook. First used the "Instant Support" which was a waste of time, then used the phone support... again, a waste of time.
Support for HP is defiantly outsourced, and those I spoke to were hard to understand. While they tried to be helpful, the language barrier made thing difficult.
This review was modified by its author, d3bruts1d, on
4/8/04 10:27 PM.