Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Pre installed - HP 'standard images' 'may not work' WTF

2015-06-08 Thread alan c
On 07/06/15 10:53, alan c wrote: On 07/06/15 10:50, alan c wrote: I was very interested in the HP laptops on EBuyer - Ubuntu pre installed. '..HP ProBook 455 Notebook PC is powered by an AMD A10-7300 APU with AMD Radeonâ„¢ R6 Graphics. ..'

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Pre installed - HP 'standard images' 'may not work' WTF

2015-06-07 Thread alan c
On 07/06/15 11:23, Colin Law wrote: On 7 June 2015 at 10:50, alan c aecl...@candt.waitrose.com wrote: I was very interested in the HP laptops on EBuyer - Ubuntu pre installed. '..HP ProBook 455 Notebook PC is powered by an AMD A10-7300 APU with AMD Radeonâ„¢ R6 Graphics. ..'

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Pre installed - HP 'standard images' 'may not work' WTF

2015-06-07 Thread alan c
On 07/06/15 18:35, Simon Greenwood wrote: It's probably more about the training that HP's support teams have been given. Until very recently the support cycle of most PCs would assume that they had the same OS throughout their lifespan because few people even upgrade the version of Windows they

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Pre installed - HP 'standard images' 'may not work' WTF

2015-06-07 Thread Simon Greenwood
It's probably more about the training that HP's support teams have been given. Until very recently the support cycle of most PCs would assume that they had the same OS throughout their lifespan because few people even upgrade the version of Windows they use, so to allow the people on the phones to

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Pre installed - HP 'standard images' 'may not work' WTF

2015-06-07 Thread Colin Law
On 7 June 2015 at 10:50, alan c aecl...@candt.waitrose.com wrote: I was very interested in the HP laptops on EBuyer - Ubuntu pre installed. '..HP ProBook 455 Notebook PC is powered by an AMD A10-7300 APU with AMD Radeon™ R6 Graphics. ..'

[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Pre installed - HP 'standard images' 'may not work' WTF

2015-06-07 Thread alan c
I was very interested in the HP laptops on EBuyer - Ubuntu pre installed. '..HP ProBook 455 Notebook PC is powered by an AMD A10-7300 APU with AMD Radeon™ R6 Graphics. ..' http://www.ebuyer.com/705955-hp-455-quad-core-laptop-l8b56es then I came across the caviat on the official certification

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Pre installed - HP 'standard images' 'may not work' WTF

2015-06-07 Thread alan c
On 07/06/15 10:50, alan c wrote: I was very interested in the HP laptops on EBuyer - Ubuntu pre installed. '..HP ProBook 455 Notebook PC is powered by an AMD A10-7300 APU with AMD Radeonâ„¢ R6 Graphics. ..' http://www.ebuyer.com/705955-hp-455-quad-core-laptop-l8b56es then I came across the