Comments on: An Open Letter To HP http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/05/24/an-open-letter-to-hp/ Gadgets, gear and computer hardware. Mon, 30 Nov 2009 20:49:52 -0500 hourly 1 By: Andy http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/05/24/an-open-letter-to-hp/comment-page-1/#comment-236917 Andy Tue, 29 May 2007 12:24:37 +0000 http://crunchgear.com/2007/05/24/an-open-letter-to-hp/#comment-236917 HP Printers are dinky toys, Get a real printer, epson or canon. Or better yet, save the planet and don't print ;-) HP Printers are dinky toys,

Get a real printer, epson or canon.

Or better yet, save the planet and don’t print ;-)

]]> By: Ben Vaughan http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/05/24/an-open-letter-to-hp/comment-page-1/#comment-232748 Ben Vaughan Fri, 25 May 2007 16:52:06 +0000 http://crunchgear.com/2007/05/24/an-open-letter-to-hp/#comment-232748 Oh man... I love all these Mac trolls. "You Macs aren't so great! You should just give up and aspire to be as crappy as the rest of us!" Oh man… I love all these Mac trolls.

“You Macs aren’t so great! You should just give up and aspire to be as crappy as the rest of us!”

]]> By: Gustavo Leig http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/05/24/an-open-letter-to-hp/comment-page-1/#comment-232690 Gustavo Leig Fri, 25 May 2007 15:23:19 +0000 http://crunchgear.com/2007/05/24/an-open-letter-to-hp/#comment-232690 I always thought about this but never wrote anything to HP. In my old PC I had to install like 400Mb of JUNK in my HD to just get a printer to work. The same printer in my Mac turned to be an easy install without any drivers luckly cos the OSX drivers disc provided by HP said it needs a lot of space. I just dont get why they force us to install all this software. In my dead's pc even the photo viewer was replace by a HP one. Now I choose my printers by the way they need a driver. The one that doesnt need drivers is the winner. I always thought about this but never wrote anything to HP. In my old PC I had to install like 400Mb of JUNK in my HD to just get a printer to work. The same printer in my Mac turned to be an easy install without any drivers luckly cos the OSX drivers disc provided by HP said it needs a lot of space. I just dont get why they force us to install all this software. In my dead’s pc even the photo viewer was replace by a HP one. Now I choose my printers by the way they need a driver. The one that doesnt need drivers is the winner.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/05/24/an-open-letter-to-hp/comment-page-1/#comment-232640 Anonymous Fri, 25 May 2007 14:22:20 +0000 http://crunchgear.com/2007/05/24/an-open-letter-to-hp/#comment-232640 You mean the "genius" at the mac store cant help you? Ha Ha! Love it. I hear more BS about macs being better and I keep shovelling the crap over my shoulder. Get with the rest of the world. You mean the “genius” at the mac store cant help you? Ha Ha! Love it. I hear more BS about macs being better and I keep shovelling the crap over my shoulder. Get with the rest of the world.

]]> By: mpneves http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/05/24/an-open-letter-to-hp/comment-page-1/#comment-232537 mpneves Fri, 25 May 2007 11:09:15 +0000 http://crunchgear.com/2007/05/24/an-open-letter-to-hp/#comment-232537 That's why, for me, every printer must have network printing and PS3 suport, I to tired of drivers and related software to try anything that's not Network and PS3 compliant. As as cheap as it can get... For now a Samsung ML2151N. themage That’s why, for me, every printer must have network printing and PS3 suport, I to tired of drivers and related software to try anything that’s not Network and PS3 compliant.

As as cheap as it can get… For now a Samsung ML2151N.

themage

]]> By: M http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/05/24/an-open-letter-to-hp/comment-page-1/#comment-232267 M Fri, 25 May 2007 05:32:14 +0000 http://crunchgear.com/2007/05/24/an-open-letter-to-hp/#comment-232267 I hear you dude. I'm a Mac user as well and I've dumped my HP printers (which I have been a faithful user for years) for a Canon. No bloatware and I get to choose what goes into my box. I hear you dude. I’m a Mac user as well and I’ve dumped my HP printers (which I have been a faithful user for years) for a Canon. No bloatware and I get to choose what goes into my box.

]]> By: DavidC http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/05/24/an-open-letter-to-hp/comment-page-1/#comment-232195 DavidC Fri, 25 May 2007 04:00:31 +0000 http://crunchgear.com/2007/05/24/an-open-letter-to-hp/#comment-232195 Yea I hear that! I have a very good working 7410 wireless - but I just use the stock driver - since I don't dare to load that bloat from HP - Please get with the program and "update" your drivers/installers for the Mac. Please, please - I'll even dump my new epson 2400 for one of those Z series if you do. (Drivers and the such made me go the epson route for a good photo printer) Yea I hear that! I have a very good working 7410 wireless – but I just use the stock driver – since I don’t dare to load that bloat from HP – Please get
with the program and “update” your drivers/installers for the Mac. Please, please – I’ll even dump my new epson 2400 for one of those Z series if you do.
(Drivers and the such made me go the epson route for a good photo printer)

]]> By: Digital Father http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/05/24/an-open-letter-to-hp/comment-page-1/#comment-232168 Digital Father Fri, 25 May 2007 03:17:27 +0000 http://crunchgear.com/2007/05/24/an-open-letter-to-hp/#comment-232168 If I had a nickel for every time I'd uninstalled and reinstalled the drivers for my 2355- I'd have enough for a Lexmark! If I had a nickel for every time I’d uninstalled and reinstalled the drivers for my 2355- I’d have enough for a Lexmark!

]]> By: John http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/05/24/an-open-letter-to-hp/comment-page-1/#comment-232045 John Fri, 25 May 2007 00:47:58 +0000 http://crunchgear.com/2007/05/24/an-open-letter-to-hp/#comment-232045 I have the same problem on the PC. I bought the hp psc 2510 photosmart all-in-one and now wish I never did. I am forced to install over 700mb of software I don't want just to use the printer over my network. I should be allowed to just install the printer driver and network connectivity portion without all the extra software. I wont buy another hp printer until they fix this. I have the same problem on the PC. I bought the hp psc 2510 photosmart all-in-one and now wish I never did. I am forced to install over 700mb of software I don’t want just to use the printer over my network. I should be allowed to just install the printer driver and network connectivity portion without all the extra software. I wont buy another hp printer until they fix this.

]]> By: yoshi http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/05/24/an-open-letter-to-hp/comment-page-1/#comment-232029 yoshi Fri, 25 May 2007 00:03:36 +0000 http://crunchgear.com/2007/05/24/an-open-letter-to-hp/#comment-232029 You're trolling but I am going to answer anyways - every printer has a driver. Like WinXP/Vista - Mac OS X has tons of built in drivers that cover most things. For example - I needed to print to a canon laser printer at an office today - my mac just picked it up and i was printing in a few moments. But it had a driver for it already installed. The Windows 2000 box I was also using didn't have a driver but Windows XP did. As for cheap throw away HP printers like the Photosmart 8200 they are a crapshoot. They tend to be highly proprietary and HP is notoriously bad at writing drivers for them - usually insisting on all this junk to be installed. Other vendors are more clueful. Btw my cheap throw away HP Deskjet 6540 works just fine from my Macs and my Windows boxes. You’re trolling but I am going to answer anyways – every printer has a driver. Like WinXP/Vista – Mac OS X has tons of built in drivers that cover most things. For example – I needed to print to a canon laser printer at an office today – my mac just picked it up and i was printing in a few moments. But it had a driver for it already installed. The Windows 2000 box I was also using didn’t have a driver but Windows XP did. As for cheap throw away HP printers like the Photosmart 8200 they are a crapshoot. They tend to be highly proprietary and HP is notoriously bad at writing drivers for them – usually insisting on all this junk to be installed. Other vendors are more clueful. Btw my cheap throw away HP Deskjet 6540 works just fine from my Macs and my Windows boxes.

]]> By: ilya http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/05/24/an-open-letter-to-hp/comment-page-1/#comment-231885 ilya Thu, 24 May 2007 21:25:31 +0000 http://crunchgear.com/2007/05/24/an-open-letter-to-hp/#comment-231885 No I mean, Isn't it a touted feature of Macs that printers and other peripherals are supposed to work driver-free? No I mean, Isn’t it a touted feature of Macs that printers and other peripherals are supposed to work driver-free?

]]> By: Paul http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/05/24/an-open-letter-to-hp/comment-page-1/#comment-231882 Paul Thu, 24 May 2007 21:22:07 +0000 http://crunchgear.com/2007/05/24/an-open-letter-to-hp/#comment-231882 @ilya: It's the boys in Redmond that taught HP all they know about software. @ilya: It’s the boys in Redmond that taught HP all they know about software.

]]> By: ilya http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/05/24/an-open-letter-to-hp/comment-page-1/#comment-231867 ilya Thu, 24 May 2007 20:59:04 +0000 http://crunchgear.com/2007/05/24/an-open-letter-to-hp/#comment-231867 I thought Macs were supposed to "just work" Ouch. Score one for the boys in Redmond. I thought Macs were supposed to “just work”

Ouch.

Score one for the boys in Redmond.

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