The only issue I can see, is with the core i7 combined with the dedicated Nvidia graphics card. This means that you will have to use "bumblebee" to switch between the on-chip intel graphics and the Nvidia one. It is a bit of a pain, but improving fast.
Other than that, I have always had good luck with HP and Linux (Kubuntu specifically) so I would not expect any major roadblocks to dual booting with Windows. Jason On Sun, Oct 7, 2012 at 11:43 AM, Randy Stapilus <stapi...@ridenbaugh.com>wrote: > I'm looking at getting a new (nearly new in this case) laptop on which I > would dual boot Windows (probably not often) and Linux, probably either > Ubuntu or Mint. > > A friend has a machine up for sale which looks like a good deal and I think > might work for me. It's an HP Pavillion dv7 (descriptive > page< > http://www.shopping.hp.com/en_US/home-office/-/products/Laptops/HP-Pavilion/B2P31UA?HP-Pavilion-dv7-7012nr-Entertainment-Notebook-PC > >). > > > The specs suggest to me this seems like a reasonable machine for what I > want. Question - anyone know of a problem area here, a reason dual-booting > wouldn't work smoothly enough with this particular laptop? > > Randy Stapilus > www.ridenbaugh.com > Northwest politics and public affairs > WA, OR, ID Weekly Briefings > 503-852-0010 > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
