Comments on: Hardware! http://www.realmsoftheraven.com/2006/04/23/hardware/ Home of Author Maura Anderson Mon, 01 Dec 2008 19:24:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: C http://www.realmsoftheraven.com/2006/04/23/hardware/#comment-7856 C Mon, 24 Apr 2006 20:09:00 +0000 http://www.realmsoftheraven.com/%posttitle%#comment-7856 Yeah I've dealt with a lot of printers and printer companies over the years.. Including writing priter drivers for a CAD (Computer Aided Design) product in the pre-windows days (when you had to do all your own drivers for everything..)<br/><br/>Bottom line is that I've NEVER been unhappy with an HP printer.. and with the prices these days being what they are, my big choice was between a $150 model with smaller paper holding tray, and slower output, or the $250 model that had 66% larger paper try capacity, and 33% faster printing.. Since the complaint was print speed.. and having to constantly refill a paper-try is a huge hassle, I figured the extra $100 was worth it. Didn't hurt that the budget model was 'blah-beige' color, and the upgrade got me a sexy black one that better matches the monitors, keyboards, computers, etc.. <br/><br/>Now if we were talking about more coin, this probably would have been a longer more drawn out process to be sure I was getting the best value.. but HP brand, 20 Pages per minute, and $250 price? even if it wasn't the absolute best deal, and best printer for the bucks.. how wrong could I go?<br/><br/>You gotta love technology prices.. Laserjets where $3000 when they first came out (probably $6000 in today's money).. and 6 pages a minute if you were lucky..<br/><br/>Now they take up half the desk space, weigh 1/4 as much, are 3x faster, 4x the resolution, and 1/12th the price. WOOT! Yeah I’ve dealt with a lot of printers and printer companies over the years.. Including writing priter drivers for a CAD (Computer Aided Design) product in the pre-windows days (when you had to do all your own drivers for everything..)

Bottom line is that I’ve NEVER been unhappy with an HP printer.. and with the prices these days being what they are, my big choice was between a $150 model with smaller paper holding tray, and slower output, or the $250 model that had 66% larger paper try capacity, and 33% faster printing.. Since the complaint was print speed.. and having to constantly refill a paper-try is a huge hassle, I figured the extra $100 was worth it. Didn’t hurt that the budget model was ‘blah-beige’ color, and the upgrade got me a sexy black one that better matches the monitors, keyboards, computers, etc..

Now if we were talking about more coin, this probably would have been a longer more drawn out process to be sure I was getting the best value.. but HP brand, 20 Pages per minute, and $250 price? even if it wasn’t the absolute best deal, and best printer for the bucks.. how wrong could I go?

You gotta love technology prices.. Laserjets where $3000 when they first came out (probably $6000 in today’s money).. and 6 pages a minute if you were lucky..

Now they take up half the desk space, weigh 1/4 as much, are 3x faster, 4x the resolution, and 1/12th the price. WOOT!

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