Hey Moi, aren't Compaq and HP essentially the same? They joined forces a few years back. I had a company issued Compaq laptop and it was the biggest piece of junk that I ever used.

And Gateway was no walk in the park either. A co-worker had a Gateway desktop that made an awful grinding noise whenever he inserted a floppy disk. He took it to the local Gateway store and the "techs" just looked at him like he was crazy. So no warranty service from Gateway.