Cheap Dell Laptops

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On 2014-07-18 19:49, Jerry Snitselaar wrote:
> 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.


I do not recall.  It has been about a year. I was going to buy an HP 
laptop and either someone on the list told me it would not run Linux or 
HP told me so.  I did not buy the laptop.



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