Now I know there's exceptions and preferences but seriously - HP is THE Worst (not to mention their business practices).
My experinece mirrors this. Won a HP 2133 mini-note. Died after 3 months. Always ran hot. Googled and found I wasn't the only one. I then stupidly bought a HP DV4 because at the time the specs were the best for the money. Its always running hot as well. I use an old Toshiba M4 Portege, running Ubuntu 9.10 because i fear the DV4 will die any minute.
