ubuntu installation on hp.net laptop

[bruce]

update:
 -been looking at/for 17" laptops for ubuntu. Weird, haven't found
that many at a reasonable price that would seem to run Ubuntu. I'm not
willing to pay $1400 for a laptop..

My initial goal/criteria..
 reasonable late intel/amd (ryzen 5/7)
 able to add me.. 8-32 G
 SSD +HDD
 required USB/Lan ports
 17"
 wifi

 Doesn't seem like much!

So, anyone have any suggestions on where to find these elusive unicorns!

The ubuntu/certified lists lists a lot of sub 17" laptops.

I'm thinking of simply calling the "big" laptop vendors and trying to
get their sales channels, but these guys aren't the best, with the
automation/menus/etc..

Thoughts/Comments are welcome.

On Fri, Nov 15, 2024 at 5:13 AM Liam Proven <lproven at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Thu, 14 Nov 2024 at 19:21, Robert Heller <heller at deepsoft.com> wrote:
>
> > You are going to need to get this info, before you start. Esp. if it is a
> > *new* laptop. *Important* info you will need:
> >
> > What WiFi chipset?
>
> Agreed.
>
> > I have no clue about HP laptops (why HP?). Lenovo laptops (Thinkpads) tend to
> > have well supported Intel WiFi and generally work out-of-the-box.
>
> +1
>
> > Are you buying this at a store (Best Buy, etc.)? If so, bring a Linux Live USB
> > stick to the store and try it out on the store model.
>
> +1
>
> > I have *always* bought older machines (used and/or refurbs off e-bay). And all
> > of the laptops I have owned in recent times have been IBM or Lenovo Thinkpads.
> > I have owned other makes, but the Thinkpads were solid machines and if (?) I
> > ever buy another laptop, it will be a Lenovo Thinkpad. I would not even look
> > at anything else.
>
> Me too.
>
> There are no guarantees in this business and Lenovo is not IBM, and
> also note non-Thinkpad Lenovos are plastic junk -- it's not Lenovo
> that matters,  but specifically Thinkpad -- but even so, older
> Thinkpads are the best laptops you can buy.
>
> I'd prefer a few-years-old Thinkpad to a brand-new anything else. And
> that goes double for a budget model anything else.
>
>
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