On Wed, 2009-04-29 at 07:40 +1000, Martin Visser wrote: > And yes, I do find it a little frustrating that [HP] aren't more > comprehensive in the Linux support across the range.
Chatting with Bdale about this a few months ago, he articulated that there was a vast difference in HP's laptop line between systems targeted at the consumer audience, and systems targeted at the corporate market. Notably, the consumer-targeted systems rapidly change chipsets based on whatever was forklifted into a large bin in the corner this morning, whereas the corporate systems were deliberately manufactured with a defined load-out that would stay the same throughout the support lifespan of the system. [Which is impressive if true. There's nothing worse than taking a machine in for servicing and getting a new motherboard back with _completely_ different hardware in it] He also seemed to be saying that their focus with Linux support (ie, drivers and availability installed at time-of-sale) was [would be?] in the corporate product set. In any case, the idea was navigate to the corporate audience side of their web site, rather than the generic home consumer side. I haven't yet put this to the test yet, I'm afraid, but he was [as ever] extremely helpful, and I'm going to go with HP for my next system, I suspect. AfC Sydney -- Andrew Frederick Cowie Operational Dynamics is an operations and engineering consultancy focusing on IT strategy, organizational architecture, systems review, and effective procedures for change management: enabling successful deployment of mission critical information technology in enterprises, worldwide. http://www.operationaldynamics.com/ Sydney New York Toronto London
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