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I spent too much time loving HP. I was one of the earliest users of their inkjet printers. Starting from 500C back in 1993. Wow. It cost a hefty 750 bucks back then. A few years later they won me for good - or so I thought at the time. I literally broke a 340 by feeding a thick envelope in it. While I accepted my fault, HP was kind enough to say there was still a design issue and gave me a brand new unit. Some people know how to delight the customer. All was nice until the age of soft printers dawned and I switched to the Mac.

Mac and HP do not go well together. I ditched a couple of HP 1020’s after trying to get them working on OS X Tiger in vein. Yes, I do have a 1022 in the office, but why bother if HP is not supporting the Mac domain with the same heart as they are supporting the Win world?

Then on a lucky day I discovered Brother and fell for it. If you are looking for a simple, economical and great all-in-one solution for your desk, go for MFC-7420. At around $250, you can hardly go wrong.

I was particularly impressed by Brother’s swift response to Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard. The day Leopard was out, so were Mac printer drivers for many Brother models including my 7420: They actually came on the Leopard installer DVD. And the scanner drivers were ready for download on Brother’s support site.

I doubt very much if HP can match the pretty picture here.

Did I mention that the 7420 has a built-in fax (including PC fax capability) and a dual-function (flatbed and feeder) scanner? Yes it is a great device indeed.