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dv7-1270us, to be exact. Intel core2; nVidia; Intel wi-fi; original Hitachi HD + Corsair SSD. Has been running Ubuntu since week of purchase two years ago. Took a few tweaks at the time to get suspend and such working, but everything did work, eventually. Did a clean install of 10.10 when that came out, and that worked perfectly out of the box, so to speak, as has every release since. Even the dedicated media buttons and dual-monitor (via HDMI) work. Currently running 11.10 with Gnome 3.2; used daily; no problems.
I've talked with a few other HP owners / Linux users, and their experiences were similar. HP wouldn't seem like the place to go for a Linux-compatible laptop, but the dv7 series, at least, works quite well. I think the key is to make sure you get the Intel CPU / chipset and nVidia GPU.
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E-mail in an environment where you _cannot_ close it because the sender will be on the phone or in your cube if you haven't responded within five minutes.
Newark is listing them for $10-11, Q250. Not in stock, of course.
I've talked with a few other HP owners / Linux users, and their experiences were similar. HP wouldn't seem like the place to go for a Linux-compatible laptop, but the dv7 series, at least, works quite well. I think the key is to make sure you get the Intel CPU / chipset and nVidia GPU.