At work, we are an HP shop through and through. Proliant DL380's, 3Par storage, Procurve (including some comware) networking, hp laptops, and hp desktops.
Prior to split and even a little after HP/HPE had an issue over the last 5-10 years of shiny new toy syndrome. Didn't like EVA...that's ok, we bought 3Par. Couldn't get Procurve to scale....that's ok, we bought H3C. Don't like PCM...that's ok we have IMC now. IMC's over complicated....that's, ok we bought Aruba and have Airwave. Don't like the Comware-based code and licensing....just wait, we bought Aruba and have their gear, they'll be great. (there are other's as well TippingPoint, Aruba AP's,ect)
The problem with the buyouts isn't that in and of itself, they were buying winners for the most part. The problem was after it. 3Par was great when it was 3Par....after the buyout code releases seem more buggy, hardware/platform refresh speeds have increased, and more features/newer code is only for the latest gen vs the last 3 gens before. H3C buyout really gained Asia market share but the products were really Cisco knockoffs, the support and warranty around the A-based switches makes me want to rip them out. Aruba is too early to tell, we are hoping they don't screw it up.
I can remember dealing 18-months on a distributed trunking issue with the Provision gear (CAM table corruption) that never could get fixed. The solution was to RMA the gear and get Comware gear...or just fix the code. Years later I find out it was an Asic bug with the Gen4 Asics as basically isn't an issue with the Gen5 or Gen6 Asics.
The latest issue we've been seeing is one on the purchasing side....send a quote request to the local VAR, they send it on to HPE, weeks later...we still don't have a quote.
As for at home, I use Asus/Lenovo for laptops, desktops are whitebox, and all the homelab gear is Supermicro....this is "ServeTheHome" afterall
. Switching is Provision-based Procurves.