Finally A Major-Brand Desktop With Linux, Not Windows

Posted by timothy on Wednesday September 3, 2003 @02:01AM from the ask-darl-first dept.

Fugwidzard writes "Sounds like an okay box from HP at an okay price, the NewsForge review says, but no modem, and even optional modems are Winmodems although they say they have Linux drivers for them. Plus it's not a true Linux preload - they give you a couple of Mandrake CDs and you're on your own, no support. Better than paying Microsoft tax, anyway, and a step in the right direction for HP. Supposedly they're going to have all their PCs 'Linux certified' in the near future. I hope other big PC mills do the same."

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Man, that's an ugly box by putaro · 2003-09-03 02:03 · Score: 1, Offtopic

The ones I put together look better than the one in the picture. What's the point of shelling out the big bucks for something that doesn't even look good?
I wouldn't buy one anyway. by Bowie+J.+Poag · 2003-09-03 03:34 · Score: 0, Offtopic

HP's CEO has been on record saying that she plans to "ship as many jobs overseas as possible".

Thats about all I need to know regarding HP, as far as i'm concerned.

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