I agree about HP. I hate when somebody brings me one. The recovery often doesn't work, and support is the worst. I though the labor market was a little more complex than "pricing themselves out of a job." Bill Moyers ran a thoughtful show last week that suggested corporate malfeasance and greed might have a bit to do with it. bofak@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > To backtrack a little, Consumer Reports magazine, for what it's worth, > gives HP the lowest rating of all the manufacturers for customer support. > See the feature on computers in the September issue. Apple gets best > rating. But HP have the most attractive prices and value for money. > > As for keeping the jobs at home, the "native" workforce have priced > themselves out of the picture. If there are people at home who would kill > for a job, nobody's stopping them from applying. > > John ========================= The list's FAQ's can be seen by sending an email to PCWorks-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with FAQ in the subject line. To unsubscribe, subscribe, set Digest or Vacation to on or off, go to //www.freelists.org/list/pcworks . You can also send an email to PCWorks-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with Unsubscribe in the subject line. Your member list settings can be found at //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/lsg2.cgi/l=pcworks . Once logged in, you have access to numerous other email options. The list archives are located at //www.freelists.org/archives/pcworks/ . All email posted to the list will be placed there in the event anyone needs to look for previous posts. -zxdjhu-