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Re: Can't find LaserJet manual

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From: Ben Myers
Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2001 22:58
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Michael,

Agreed, the HP web site navigation is abysmal.  But basic stuff like
manuals for many hardware products just ain't there.  Or maybe it is,
but the web site organization really hides it?  Compaq's web site is
equally grotesque... Ben 

Michael Mayo <m.mayo@forum.cc.utexas_edu> wrote:

>Ben Myers wrote:
>> 
>> Hmm.  HP is pretty awful about posting user documentation for any of
>> its products.  Now IBM is another story.  Full maintenance
>> documentation for its products going pretty far back, maybe not as far
>> back as PS/2's, but who cares about PS/2's any more... Ben Myers
>
>They have decent info, they only make it impossible to find.  For instance,
>they hide the specifications link in an FAQ with other questions regarding
>paper loading, etc.  The site organization just doesn't make any sense.
>
>Now IBM is just a better company.  Every IBM product I have owned has
>pleased me.  My current favorite is the IBM DeskStar 75GXP... best IDE hard
>drive out there.  Their laptops are fabulous as well.
>
>--
>Michael Mayo
>m.mayo@forum.cc.utexas.edu
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From: benmyers@ultranet.com (Ben Myers)
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Subject: Re: Can't find LaserJet manual
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