Re: [LAU] query re: HP notebook

Dave,
   I own one but have never set Linux up on it. I have to have Windows
on it for my options trading and with only 80GB there just isn't
enough space left after putting some music in iTunes.

   I will say that I like the screen a lot. It's a 17" wide screen and
looks quite nice playing movies. It's an AMD/nvidia box like the one
you're talking about, although likely not the same model as I got mine
18 months ago.

   I would personally NEVER buy a laptop without first at least
booting a Gentoo install CD, and likely 2 or 3 others, to ensure that
it can see all the hardware. Once the install CD has booted you can
run something like lspci and get readings on what hardware is in the
box. Check to see that you're getting full speed from the disk drives
as that's probably the most critical for making the machine useful
early on. If you don't get full speed disks don't buy it unless you
are certain you can get chip set support later on.

   Most likely everything will work great. I have had to send my
machine back once. The motherboard died. they replaced it for free but
the unit itself came back badly scratched. Frustrating, but not
critical. There's no resale value in these things and I don't see the
scratches day to day so it only bugs me when I move the unit around.

   If you want or need clarification on any of this contact me online or off.

Hope this helps,
Mark

On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 6:51 AM, Dave Phillips <dlphillips@email-addr-hidden> wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> My local WalMart is selling off some HP notebooks for drastically
> slashed prices. One has an AMD turion and nVidia graphics, and it looks
> like it would fit my needs.
>
> Is there any particular reason I should *not* buy an HP notebook for
> running Linux audio apps ? I won't be using the internal sound hardware,
> so that's a non-issue.
>
> Best,
>
> dp
>
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