> Starting to sound a bit more like a hardware failure Nah, it works perfectly on Linux. > or simply a buggy Windows driver This I can buy, but the point sta

> Starting to sound a bit more like a hardware failure Nah, it works perfectly on Linux. > or simply a buggy Windows driver This I can buy, but the point stands: it's not guaranteed that Windows will support new-ish laptops any better than Linux. > consumer-grade laptops HP EliteBooks are pretty much "laptops meant for business", and not even particularly low-end ones at that. They have the price and (superficially) looks of a macbook pro, but come complete with ridiculously bad displays and shoddy assembly. Mine even have a smartcard reader! One of the good parts, though, is they seem to be one of the rare AMD laptops with no soldered RAM.