First impressions of this are pretty good. The construction is excellent and appears very durable. I saw some reviews calling this brushed aluminum, but i'm 95% sure that this is stainless steel. Whatever it is, most of the case is clad in a matte finish metal which is sturdy, cool to the touch, and resists fingerprints. It's reasonably slim and maybe a pound lighter than most similar laptops I've used. This is one of the more reasonably priced probooks so it's not going to set any speed records, but the i3 processor has easily handled what multi-tasking I've tried so far. The display looks great. The speakers are maybe a touch better than an average laptop, which still isn't great, but they are loud enough and sound ok. I would have preferred the various ports and plugs and card reader to be farther back instead of all on the front and front sides, but you can't have it all I guess. Blake was super nice to not only buy this for me but take the trouble to pick out a nice one. Thanks again bro!
Installing Lion onto an HP seems a distant second to getting a job and a place to live.
fuck this dude. he doesnt really want a job, he wants a hand out. I went on UPS website and found several jobs in his area for him, I did all the footwork. Did he look at it? Nope? He came back to the thread and made a post about he doesnt have time to read the thread, yet at the same time he was on here trying to bottom for Scoots Magoots.
You could be forgiven for thinking it's only free because it's a "Preview". But no. I literally bought multiple $150-$300 Windows 7 licenses (maybe half a dozen or a dozen, I'm not sure - because if the installation screws up 3 times, you have to sit on a phone with Microsoft for hours to get new codes - apparently, I cut the insanity after 90 minutes and bought new packs of licenses).
You can imagine my concern (if you are sane) when I discovered I was paying for the identical ISO available to anyone for 180 day renewable (unlimited) trials. Fully licensed Windows 7 ISOs, with Sha1 hash codes that matched with the ones I was paying $150 for. This seemed peculiar to me, on some level.
But I understand it all now. I wrote an essay about it titled "Thank you for Downloading" which I vaguely remember Harley x-posting on here. Probably no one read it.
In short, they'd give away laptops to you if you could afford to buy them. That's why they're so cheap. Why?
I know the answer why you're given things for free. On some level, assuming you're not too retarded to function yet, you know why you get given free things as well.
It's because you're entitled to them! Yes you are. Don't be modest. You're special. You're entitled. Accept the free gifts because it's not like you have a choice. You will be the beneficiary of Microsoft's and Linux's and Google's charity, or you can pay for your insulting exploitation with Apple, DELL or HP. It doesn't really matter.
You're going to be running an INTEL machine, no matter what. If you cannot understand how Power 'works' that is not something I can explain to retards who don't want to think for themselves.
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ah gotcha. i put together a windows8 installer on usb, getting ready to give that a shot in a couple hours. windows 7 wasn't horrible, still a far cry from mac os though (GOD I MISS LION SO MUCH)
I wonder if I can install Lion onto this HP...Will look into that. Pretty sure I can...insanelymac has a thing on it. I fucking HATE windows.
I put Lion onto an HP. Couldn't get it onto a DELL.
Lion and Windows 7 simultaneously made a break from Leopard and XP across a host of very disturbing and hilariously non-interesting (to Toddlers) ways.
The changes were mostly due to settings and functionality and options. All the settings pretty much went to the worst possible defaults for users. Functionality to protect yourself was taken away across the board and your options were limited to "Like it, or Lump it." I chose to lump it. And lump it. And lump it. And then I ended up back at Square 1 when I realised what "options" really means.
Red or Blue, slaves? What's it gonna be?
Slaves think it matters. Some get really emotional about it. But then they pretty much all rule from the totalitarian centre so at some point, you gotta ask yourSelf why you want so badly to be exploited.
The answer is that you're lazy. You've been made to be this way. It's because when you're lazy, you become their slave. I know, it's counter-intuitive but then not really.
Your intuition is so messed up, it's funny. So much of human suffering is entirely the fault of those who suffer. You literally not even worthy of pity. Hah.
The funniest way Windows 7 and Lion simultaneously made a break from their predecessors was the way they became Server-Client Operating Systems. This made no sense to me when someone told me, because I didn't buy Windows Server 2008, I bought Windows 7. I did end up buying Windows Server 2008 to test it out and I can assure you that aside from being grey, it's got the same functionality as Windows 7. You just have to know how to turn the functionality Off in Windows 7.
That's not a misprint. You have to turn all the Server defaults Off. They come set to Off in Windows Server 2008. In Windows 7, they're all set to On. Peculiar no? Who knew that you needed to have Default functionality to remotely access your Registry from Cuba? I wasn't sure I'd ever need such a thing unless I was a hacker and unable to access someone's Console. Still pretty much hold the same opinion about all this bally-hoo'd Remote Access Functionality. But don't kid yourself because I'm not fibbing. Your Windows 7 OS is a Server with all the Server functionality and exploits switched on by Default half an hour before Windows 7 insults you with the message as you boot into your Desktop for the first time.
Go buy some AntiVirus software. Windows 7 will warn you that you need it. You don't want to make that mistake twice, if you've just bought the OS when you didn't need to.
I tried to ask about why my Lion OS was a surreptitious Server. I can't be fucked finding the image where Apple deleted my post and sent me the warning referring to their Terms and Conditions. "Discussion about Apple policies is against the rules."
Hah. What do you imbeciles care?
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Seamless boot, every time
By leveraging the capabilities of UEFI and working together with the ecosystem, our goal is for the PC to power up to the manufacturer’s logo and stay on that screen all the way from POST to Windows logon UI. The logo should be beautiful and reflect the brand you trust when you purchased your PC. In effect, we are bridging two experiences (firmware + operating system) to deliver one experience, as you see here:
Stare. Drool. Experience.
None of that pesky information to bother you about how little you realise you're getting raped. Just get raped whilst you drool. It's the new User Experience.
Microsoft ADVERTISES this as a Feature...!
You cannot even be pitied when you scream in agony. Let's face facts now.
You've literally demanded to be exploited. It's what you wanted and now you got it. Now kindly shut the fuck up with your endless screaming in pain, would you?
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