Thanks for the input guys. It's good to hear some long term reports (like 6 months etc) rather than the "I just spent 300 bucks on this, so I'm going to log into newegg.com and post about how great it is so I feel better about my purchase" thing.

On the HP, that's good to know that it sips the ink . My HP Deskjet is really expensive to replace the ink cartridges, so I was thinking of staying away from them this time around... but if they are better now than in 1996 when I bought mine, I'd feel better about it.