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HP Linux Laptop Is A Winner

Posted by michael on from the laptop-special-olympics dept.

minus_273 writes "MSNBC is currently running a story on the front page reviewing the new HP Linux laptops. In a story titled 'H-P's first Linux laptop a winner', the article provides a brief look at the accomplishments and some of the shortcomings of the nx5000; a new inexpensive HP business laptop that comes with SUSE installed. The author seems extremely happy about how everything just works out of the box and mentions the significance of the product. Could HP+SUSE go the way of Apple+BSD and become an option for those that want friendly non-windows laptop? Releasing an easy to use Linux system is a good first step." We mentioned this laptop a few weeks ago.

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  1. First Post by Trigun · · Score: 4, Funny

    From my Suse/HP Laptop!

    YESS! Now to hibernate!

    1. Re:First Post by AKAImBatman · · Score: 3, Funny

      "YESS! Now to hibernate!"

      * Trigun closes laptop lid and waits for hibernation

      * Trigun keeps waiting

      * Trigun is still waiting

      * Trigun reopens lid and looks at the configuration

      * Trigun screams in frustration as he searches for the auto-hibernate settings

      * Trigun throws the laptop out the window and gets a Mac

      ;-)

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  2. What is more amazing? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    MSNBC is currently running a story on the front page reviewing the new HP Linux laptops. In a story titled 'H-P's first Linux laptop a winner',

    or

    LinuxJournal is currently running a story on the front page reviewing the new HP Windows laptops. In a story titled "HP Windows laptops kick ass"...

    1. Re:What is more amazing? by ForemastJack · · Score: 4, Funny

      No, no. You picked the wrong statement out of the writeup. The truely amazing line is:

      "We mentioned this laptop a few weeks ago."

      Why? Because it implies that /. editors have some knowledge of what stories they've run in the recent past.

      I know that was quite a shock to me.

    2. Re:What is more amazing? by kunudo · · Score: 2, Funny

      How this isn't +5 funny, or perhaps +5 sad, is beyond me...

  3. MSNBC? Said good things about Linux and HP? by ackthpt · · Score: 5, Funny
    Bill: I want his head on a stick.
    Steve: We can't do that, it'd be murder.
    Bill: Ruin his career then, have him sent to North Korea as a technology correspondent.
    Steve: Yes, Master.

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  4. Wow, suprised MSNBC would by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Wow, suprised MSNBC would put a pro-linux title and article on the front page

  5. In a related story . . . by kelzer · · Score: 4, Funny

    Microsoft has announced it's putting its share of MSNBC up for sale.

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  6. Ok... by Cyno01 · · Score: 4, Funny

    So apparantly linux is ready for the laptop, but when will it be ready for the desktop?

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  7. Somebody at MSNBC is gonna get soooo fired... by Penguinisto · · Score: 2, Funny
    ...once word filters up to Mr. Gates about this little article...

    /P

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    1. Re:Somebody at MSNBC is gonna get soooo fired... by JUSTONEMORELATTE · · Score: 3, Funny

      Are you kidding me? Bill probably commissioned the story in the first place!
      Now he can tell the European Commission's antitrust unit how he's pro-competition!

      /me adjusting tinfoil hat


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  8. In Other News.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Gary Krakow has been fired from his post as Columnist at MSNBC.

  9. Re:I am surprised.... by Excelsior · · Score: 3, Funny

    It works similar to a mail-in rebate. You take the XP install CD, make several copies and sell them on a street corner in Beijing. Then you download Suse and voila, a Linux laptop minus the Microsoft tax.

  10. wake me up when... by zapadoo · · Score: 2, Funny

    dell ships their first laptop with FreeBSD and Gnome preinstalled.

  11. Putting what it is after the name by edittard · · Score: 1, Funny
    "When small companies announce they're putting Linux OS"

    Do people write Windows OS, Excel SS, Netscape WB, perl PL, Apache WS, slashdot BS?

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