Originally Posted by
Jet'Dillo
They continue to sell them(and probably sell well) because there are operating systems OTHER than Windows that run fine on a 64-bit system and don't have any problems with the drivers. I currently work for a supercomputing company and we have a couple of them. They work great as a portable cluster w/ VMware loaded on them. The premium price is totally worth it if your work requires having that kind of computing power on hand. We use them because we don't actually MAKE a 32-bit version of our OS anymore and they're great as demo systems or in-the-field workstations.
I'm not trying to snark, and I'm sorry this is causing you such frustration, just trying to point out that there are good business reasons why they still might be selling them and people are buying them.
I understand what you're saying, but HP is marketing these machines to consumers - not the technical market. If they were only sold to business customers and they made it clear that the purchaser was on their own for the OS, drivers, etc., then it would be OK - but to sell these machines to consumers and not offer full disclosure on the limitations involved, is in my book, a fraudulent and deceptive marketing practice.