I would be careful of the HP laptops if you're going to put linux on them. You might remember from a few months ago the trouble I had with my HP desktop running linux. It liked to lock up at random, sometimes within 20 minutes of booting up, sometimes it might last a day or two. Recently my sister asked me to put linux on her HP laptop. I did and it had the same locking up at random issue. On 11/27/2013 09:24 AM, Stephen wrote: > I have to say i have liked the internal design of the last two > generations. Easy to work on and keep cleaned out. > > well on the latitudes specifically, the inspirons were a PITA to work on. > > > On Wed, Nov 27, 2013 at 8:59 AM, keith smith > wrote: > > > Hi, > > I'm seeing some decent pricing on laptops for tomorrow night / > Friday morning. > > I have several HP's and find them to be decent laptops. I use > Dell for my desktop computers and have really enjoyed their products. > > I'm looking at a Toshiba that is a decent build and has a really > good price. I owned a Toshiba about 12 years ago and was not very > impressed. > > I hear there is only 4 manufactures of laptop components, so I am > wondering if the company that does the assembly and puts their > name on the finish product is all that important. > > You thoughts on this matter are very important to me. > > Thanks! > Keith > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > > -- > A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from > rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. > > Stephen > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss -- "I get my copy of the daily paper, look at the obituaries page, and if I’m not there, I carry on as usual." Patrick Moore