Update: On Black Friday I found a Dell Inspirion 660 tower with an i5-3340 and 8GB of RAM.  I ordered it.  I cancelled the HP laptop.  After reading all your feedback, I'm sure I avoided a lot of hassle. Thank you to everyone who responded!!   ------------------------ Keith Smith On Saturday, November 30, 2013 3:46 PM, keith smith wrote: While doing some research on HP and Linux I cam across a post that said the person was having problems and they updated their BIOS and the problem was corrected.   ------------------------ Keith Smith On Wednesday, November 27, 2013 3:15 PM, Derek Trotter wrote: 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 --------------------------------------------------- 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