Cheap Dell Laptops

[Jerry Snitselaar]

On Fri Jul 18 14, techlists at phpcoderusa.com wrote:
> On 2014-07-18 14:19, Bob Holtzman wrote:
> >On Fri, Jul 18, 2014 at 11:52:05AM -0700, techlists at phpcoderusa.com wrote:
> >>
> >>From my experience Dell is Linux friendly. I'd double check if it
> >>will run Linux though.  I think the new HP's will not.
> >
> >Reason?
> 
> I think it has something to do with the bios.  I have a 4.5 year old HP
> laptop that runs Linux, however it is my understanding the new ones will
> not.

Are you talking about uefi? That shouldn't be a problem.

> 
> 
> >>
> >>Last year when I bought a new Dell workstation. After telling them I
> >
> >         ..........huge snip..........
> >
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