Don't buy HP computers

[Justin]

I didn't read the whole thread, but I do want to point out that Ubuntu
Jaunty works great on my Compaq (HP) CQ60. Everything worked out of the box.

My only complaint is being forced to pay for Vista and being denied the
partial refund, even after going as far as the BBB. Still, even with Vista
in the price it was cheaper than any of the Linux notebooks available. Kind
of sad, actually.

2009/3/31 Franz Waldmüller <waldbauernbub at gmx.at>

> Karl F. Larsen schrieb:
> >     I have a Presidio CQ50 laptop from HP. I did the necessary moving of
> > partitions around so I could load Ubuntu. I have 8.11 and 9.04Beta
> > installed and running quite well. A problem occurred that kept WiFi from
> > working. The problem is that the wifi hardware is turned off by Vista
> > when you stop it.
>
> The Asus eeePC of my girlfriend is having similar problems:
> Sometimes wifi shuts itself off, but there is no Windows Dual Boot
> install just plain ubuntu. I think that the BIOS is buggy, because it
> was simply disabled in the bios, just had to switch it back on (in the
> BIOS).
> As long as it doesn't happen often it is not a major problem (No my
> girfriend knows how to access bios settings)
>
> Maybe your problem is similar?
>
> -> When blaming the brand it would be a good idea to rule out other
> inflences (as Windows Vista in your case).
> Franz
>
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