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I have an hp elitebook, works great with ubuntu

• tenfingers 12y ago
  We're using almost exclusively HP here: the EliteBooks always had/have crappy trackpad buttons (to the point of being bothersome). I noticed this in their EliteBook line since 10 years, so they just don't care about it. The keyboard is so-so but acceptable, and the screen of the Folio/G1 ultrabook series is downright bad (strong blue color cast with large sample variability). You can get a matte filter and a replaceable battery in an ultrabook line, which is very good to have, but that stops here. Dell and Lenovo ship way better screens and keyboards for the same specs, which I would definitely recommend for a serious programmer. The 840 G1 I'm trying now has some ACPI and ATA issues currently on any stock kernel (google for more details). HP is definitely not even trying to test his high-end laptop line on Linux. I was quite ok with the Thinkpad line, but this move from Lenovo would now tend me to Dell.