Comments on: Laptop a la King http://daryl.learnhouston.com/2004/02/18/laptop-a-la-king/ Thu, 04 Dec 2008 04:11:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Dennis http://daryl.learnhouston.com/2004/02/18/laptop-a-la-king/#comment-1398 Dennis Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 +0000 #comment-1398 I fell exactly the same way about my laptop, which is also an HP unit, though mine's a ze5185 w/2.4GHz desktop processor. Talk about hot and heavy--it weighs a ton...<br /> <br /> Fedora works pretty well on mine, although under Linux the fans have a mind of their own. Mine kick in like a chainsaw, and keep running well past the time the chips have cooled down. It's like having a Weed Eater on your lap, but like you, I sort of consider mine a friend and won't disparage it too much.<br /> <br /> Anyway, I was actually commenting to say that when I send mine to an Authorized HP dealer, they always let me run the integrated diagnostic on the hard drive, and then remove it myself if I don't want to send it in. Maybe you should look into that next time... I fell exactly the same way about my laptop, which is also an HP unit, though mine’s a ze5185 w/2.4GHz desktop processor. Talk about hot and heavy–it weighs a ton…

Fedora works pretty well on mine, although under Linux the fans have a mind of their own. Mine kick in like a chainsaw, and keep running well past the time the chips have cooled down. It’s like having a Weed Eater on your lap, but like you, I sort of consider mine a friend and won’t disparage it too much.

Anyway, I was actually commenting to say that when I send mine to an Authorized HP dealer, they always let me run the integrated diagnostic on the hard drive, and then remove it myself if I don’t want to send it in. Maybe you should look into that next time…

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