[GRLUG] cool laptop

[John-Thomas Richards]

On Sun, Mar 01, 2015 at 08:00:25PM -0600, L. V. Lammert wrote:
> On Sun, 1 Mar 2015, Topher wrote:
> 
> > What are the chances everything in this will work in Linux?
> >
> > http://www.theverge.com/2015/3/1/8124345/hp-spectre-x360-laptop-windows-convertible
> >
> Looks like a toy to me, ..
> 
> I can highly recommend the HP Envy - Intel or AMD, .. full HD screen, ..
> thin and light (no optical drive - who needs it), .. lighted keyboard, ..
> 
> Got a quad core A-10 last year, love it! Only ONE very minor gripe - the
> right-click on the touchad is really touchy.

I'm not sure what is toy-like about it. It comes with either a Core i5
or i7, 4 or 8GB RAM, and an SSD. Performance should be very nice. My
biggest concern would be the touch screen and whether it will work with
Linux.
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john-thomas
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What you do speaks so loud that I cannot hear what you say.
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