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| From | Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.os.linux.hardware |
| Subject | Re: HP2000 AMD laptop |
| Date | 2013-11-03 11:30 -0500 |
| Organization | National Capital Freenet, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |
| Message-ID | <alpine.LNX.2.02.1311031128530.25510@darkstar.example.org> (permalink) |
| References | <slrnl7aoa1.2lh.notbob@nbleet.hcc.net> <l55b56$2ng$1@dont-email.me> |
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On Sun, 3 Nov 2013, philo wrote: > On 11/02/2013 03:28 PM, notbob wrote: >> Wallyworld is having an Xmas sale and has a model of the HP2000 >> laptop on sale, a very limited supply of celeron equipt models. >> Probably a phase out. Anyway, I convinced 'em to sell me an AMD >> version. Duocore, 320g HDD, 15.6" screen, etc. BUT! ....looking at >> the reviews on Amazon shows an almost 20% 1-star rating, most saying >> this line, and HP in general, is now dogcrap, stay away! ???? >> >> Really that bad? And are they linux friendly? I have no intention of >> running W8, but if HP has gone down the toity, never mind. >> >> nb >> > > > > HP is certainly not the company it used to be... > but since the machine came with Win8 that might be the reason for the bad > rating. > HP can never be the company it used to be. It was a test equipment and then high end calculator business, then later got into computers, eventually the company split. The computer business keeps the HP name, but the test equipment and the like that were the cornerstone of the business are no longer part of the business. HP basically spun off the consumer computer division, and gave the name away with it. Michael
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HP2000 AMD laptop notbob <notbob@nothome.com> - 2013-11-02 20:28 +0000
Re: HP2000 AMD laptop philo <philo@privacy.net> - 2013-11-03 05:13 -0600
Re: HP2000 AMD laptop Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2013-11-03 11:30 -0500
Re: HP2000 AMD laptop notbob <notbob@nothome.com> - 2013-11-03 16:57 +0000
Re: HP2000 AMD laptop Roger Blake <rogblake@iname.invalid> - 2013-11-03 19:40 +0000
Re: HP2000 AMD laptop notbob <notbob@nothome.com> - 2013-11-03 20:37 +0000
Re: HP2000 AMD laptop Thad Floryan <thad@thadlabs.com> - 2013-11-03 12:43 -0800
Re: HP2000 AMD laptop notbob <notbob@nothome.com> - 2013-11-03 22:13 +0000
Re: HP2000 AMD laptop Thad Floryan <thad@thadlabs.com> - 2013-11-03 16:47 -0800
Re: HP2000 AMD laptop Allodoxaphobia <knock_yourself_out@example.net> - 2013-11-04 20:18 +0000
Re: HP2000 AMD laptop philo <philo@privacy.net> - 2013-11-03 15:38 -0600
Re: HP2000 AMD laptop Thad Floryan <thad@thadlabs.com> - 2013-11-03 12:41 -0800
Re: HP2000 AMD laptop philo <philo@privacy.net> - 2013-11-03 15:36 -0600
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