dont know about the hp. but i've got inspiron 6000. its ok but freeses a lot, starts up slow and takes even longer to shut down. they said thats normal. WTF?

but i bought a four year unconditional warranty on it. so i get parts replaced for free, but the only bad thing is that i have to ship it in.

right now i'm having hardware problems, like my earphone connection is messed up, my power connector is loose. my screen is messing from edges, i mean it looks like strech marks.

they've replaced my touchpad, before and yeah, the first day i got my laptop. it CRASHED completely and they coudn't figure out why so they sent me a new one w/ DVD burner! how sweet was that.

but overall i'd recomend it as long as you get the warranty on it