[CentOS] Centos laptop support

[Always Learning]

On Sat, 2014-10-04 at 12:56 +0100, Phil Wyett wrote:

> On Wed, 2014-10-01 at 22:57 -0600, Frank Cox wrote:
> > Today I found myself in need of a laptop to run Centos on.  And that simple statement led to an all-day odyssey.


> My intention is to run CentOS 6.x and VM Windows and any other OS etc.
> After discarding many options I seem to have settled with an eye on a HP
> ProBook 455 G2.
> 
> http://store.hp.com/UKStore/Merch/Product.aspx?id=G6W43EA&opt=ABU&sel=PBNB

There are several ProBook 455 G2 variants. Your one is G6W43EA.

AMD Dual-Core A6 Pro-7050B APU with Radeon R4 Graphics 

Very unimpressive CPU. I stopped buying anything that low in performance
4 years ago. But it is your choice. For simple writing it may be
sufficient. If you can afford it, and regardless of which machine you
eventually purchase, increase the memory to 8 GB.

http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu_list.php

Seeing off-the-shelf computer systems available only with Windoze
greatly depresses me.  Inevitably one wonders if Centos will cleanly
install on them or whether the hardware/firmware have been 'windozed' to
prevent the installation of superior competing operating systems.

The windoze monopoly should be stopped by law. The only hope is the EU's
anti-competition policy since the USA will not act.


-- 
Regards,

Paul.
England, EU.