[PLUG] would this laptop work?

Joseph Hume joseph at f1forhelp.net
Tue Oct 9 06:06:28 UTC 2012


Hi,

Working in a repair shop, I could not recommend an HP laptop to anyone.  
The problems we saw with the dv2000, dv6000, and dv9000 series were the 
motherboards dying two to three months after the warranty expires.  I 
can't imagine the newer laptops being any better.

Joseph Hume
F1 for HELP

On 10/07/2012 11:43 AM, Randy Stapilus wrote:
> I'm looking at getting a new (nearly new in this case) laptop on which I
> would dual boot Windows (probably not often) and Linux, probably either
> Ubuntu or Mint.
>
> A friend has a machine up for sale which looks like a good deal and I think
> might work for me. It's an HP Pavillion dv7 (descriptive
> page<http://www.shopping.hp.com/en_US/home-office/-/products/Laptops/HP-Pavilion/B2P31UA?HP-Pavilion-dv7-7012nr-Entertainment-Notebook-PC>).
>
>
> The specs suggest to me this seems like a reasonable machine for what I
> want. Question - anyone know of a problem area here, a reason dual-booting
> wouldn't work smoothly enough with this particular laptop?
>
> Randy Stapilus
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