Since you're coming from a Linux system No he's not... "I'm an OS X user looking to switch to a Linux laptop." Glad a Mac works out for you. Obviously it didn't for him. And as far as wifi and video drivers go, I haven't had a single problem with any of the 6 laptops I'm running linux on. Some people just can't stand someone leaving their platform...sheesh.

Why swim in billions when you can swim in MILLIONS?

"Ubuntu - Turning $1000.00 computers into $75.00 phones since 2011"

At all and at any cost. Oh, the humanity....

Just as well, judging by the latest HP laptop I've seen, they weren't very good at it. I won't argue your point because you are right. However, HP makes one of the finest laser printers on the market. HP was one of the first hardware companies that worked with Linux OOTB. The firmware was there with it as well. Good to note that Samsung and a couple other printer manufacturers have followed suit, but I'll miss my little 75.00 B&W laser printers that last for years and years.

With high density fragmentation charges....

The second amendment only had relevance when The People had access to the same weaponry the government had. Sure The People could rise up with their hand weapons and rifles... Only to be put down by hellfire missiles and State of the Art armored vehicles. Yeah...you can count me out too.

to keep environmentalists' brains from exploding
Today I will let my diesel truck idle for 6 hours, Drop several CFL bulbs and put the refuse in the regular trash, turn my thermostat down to 68 degrees, print obscene amounts of data on my colorjet printer then throw it away and smoke in close proximity to a clean air rally...while i sit idling in my diesel truck.
Of course, I will do all of this wearing my "keep the earth green" t-shirt.
It's the least I can do.

It's a silly argument. Linux failed in the consumer desktop space No it didn't...It never even competed. It was never offered as a market choice. who's fault that is isn't the point. It "failed" because it never tried. No marketing, no exposure, no nothing. Linux will succeed but it will never be on the desktop...but it will prevail in the mobile market...they just won't call it Linux. Take the victory and move along.

Can consumer support at hp do linux and windows ? Yes they can. Worked at an HP Customer Service Center on contract close to LA two years ago, doing hardware and network upgrades. Several large (read fortune 500) companies have service contracts with HP and many of them are running HP desktop with Linux and HP servers. They can certainly support Linux, and they do.

My neighborhood is rife with insecure routers or WEP encryption. The latter taking only a few minutes longer to connect to than the first. If I were an arse, I could daisy-chain them on a weekly basis and have a few left over for the next week. Wardriving without the driving....a movie a day at least... But I am not and I will not...my neighbors are good folks. But who's to say that there are not others in the neighborhood that are as decent. If anything, it might teach those without secure connections to make them so. But probably not...

says the Greeks...sheesh

I still have, and use daily a complete Phase Linear system I bought while in Germany. Sure, there are many components and it takes up a ton of room but man, when I sit stereophonic center in my listening room, I couldn't tell you where any one speaker is and the sound is so clear and bright, it does justice to the artist...it is reproduced the way it was intended. And yeah, I'm someone's dad who has better equipment than his kids...and they know it.

From what I see, people who still rent at only blockbuster are the ones that get their computer and tech advice from Best Buy/Geek Squad. There is always a market niche for the uniformed.