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[Gustin Johnson]

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Steve Meiers wrote:
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> Meanwhile, back on topic, I like my HPs, I have two because I liked the
> first one so much that when my wife wanted it, I bought another for
> myself. And one reason was the audio. Actually, the speakers in the HP
> just sounded better than any other notebook and I use mine for audio.
> The really great thing about my HP's has been that they just work, never
> have to rebuild the O/S (even Windows) and they're pretty Ubuntu
> friendly. My Dell Inspiron has not been so good though and that's why I
> bought my first HP.

I have a serious hate on for HP/Compaq laptops.  My last laptop was a
Compaq, the built in WiFi needed the ndiswrapper to run (this is a bad
idea, period).  Worse when I bought a different WiFi adaptor that is
supported by Linux the BIOS apparently had a white list that limited
what cards I could put into it.  The bios needed about a year before the
updates stabilized the machine enough to be useful.  I have never had
such a bad experience with a computer as I have with the last two
HP/Compaqs.
> 
> For work, I'm provided with a Lenovo T60. It runs Ubuntu great from a
> thumbdrive, so I don't dink with my production drive at all. I really

I know a lot of Linux users who swear by their Thinkpads.

> like the reliability and the natural ergonomics and generous layout of
> the Lenovo too. I might have bought one for personal use instead of the
> HP, but I wanted a touchscreen and got a much better price on the HP
> tx2510 than a T61 was costing. The tx is not running perfect yet in
> Ubuntu, but it's very new technology and getting pretty close to how I
> want it. The older HP zd7100 loves Ubuntu. It needs NDIS wrapper for
> wifi, that was the only minor glitch I had with it.
> 
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