Product review (5 stars): ... maintenance people in our coop apartment decided it was best to replace it
A couple weeks ago our Hotpoint diswasher started grumbling and the maintenance people in our coop apartment decided it was best to replace it.  Instead of a new Hotpoint, we got this new Whirlpool.  So far we've been very, very pleased.  It's very easy to load -- easier than the Hotpoint, actually -- really quiet, and cleans really, really well.  Set on the "heavy" cycle it even gets rid of baked on rings on baking pans and casserole bowls.  I really like the soap compartment, which allows me to drop one of the little plastic bags of detergent and snap the top shut.  The Hotpoint was rather more fiddly.  We've also got a Whirlpool fridge, which we like easily as much.  Unless and until something nasty happens to either of one, we're definitely fans.