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VPR Matrix 200A5 Reviewed

Posted by michael on from the pretty-but-lacking dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The hard to find VPR Matrix 200A5 laptop has been reviewed. Never heard of it? It's a laptop that's designed by F.A. Porsche and sold exclusively by...Best Buy! It seems there is starting to be a rather large following of the VPR line of laptops, but that they are getting tougher to find at Best Buy (not sure if they are discontinuing or if they are selling out stock before releasing a new version.)"

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  1. It's nice... by grahamtriggs · · Score: 5, Insightful

    ...but can't any old monkey design the PowerBook, once Apple have already done it?

  2. Linux Support? by Brians256 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The laptop looks like a good set of compromises that all laptop manufacturers have to make. I don't see what all the negative comments are based upon! Now, the question that should have been asked and answered by the review is: DOES IT RUN LINUX WELL? Who wants to buy a computer only to be stuck with Windows? Do all the components have Linux drivers or at least have freely available documentation for those of us who can write drivers?

  3. Re:great product, bad support by hobbesx · · Score: 5, Insightful

    ...and immediately wiped the hard drive in favor of a real operating system...

    Even if you don't consider a Microsoft OS a real operating system; I certainly consider it good enough to gather a bit of hardware information before I wipe a drive and try an install on unfamiliar hardware.

    That could've been eight extra hours bitching on Slashdot :)

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