my fingerprint reader hasnt worked for 1 1/2 months :( ans the laptop mouse buttons are a bit annoyin id like em bigger. the scren swivels in the clockwise rotation but not counter clockwise. so if you want to veiw something on the right side of the laptop your outta luck. the fan is insanely loud. you can hear it even with music playing and the volume all the way up. and the multitouch features are very glitchy (but waht in vista isnt) and if you want to dual boot anything becides vista theres no multitouch support.
i have ubuntu linux installed also and theres no sound :( and theres no touchscreen features at all. bummer
also id like the power "switch" to be a button. not much of a grip on the swith takes a lil effort to turn it off.
but hey, i dont regret getting this laptop at all. great upgrade from the dv6226us. all the cons are minor laptop is great very fast and highly upgradeable. and come windows 7, hopefully hp starts to support its multitouch features if it doesnt already :)
I find fingerprint readers to be generally poorly implemented. In my ThinkPad, which is *supposed* to be business-class, the fingerprint reader works about 80% of the time. Then, 10% of the time, it'll say "USB Device Not Recognized", and the other 10% of the time, the hardware won't show up at all (even to the BIOS!). Even a factory image didn't remedy it. Once this term is over, it's going in for Lenovo to sort it out.
Here is how I got the sound to work in ubuntu on my tx2500z it might work for you as well: (I couldn't get the touchscreen to work using this guide, and I gave up) http://narnia.cs.ttu.edu/drupal/node/183
For those looking for a device strictly for reading, the new Kobo is a nice little option. It's small enough to slip into a pocket, can do more with a PDF than the competition, and at $129, it's $10 cheaper than both the Nook and Kindle WiFi.
The most commented posts on Engadget over the past 24 hours.
Now that we've thrown 'em off the trail, use the form below to get in touch with the people at Engadget. Please fill in all of the required fields because they're required.
well ive had this laptop for about 2 months now.
my fingerprint reader hasnt worked for 1 1/2 months :(
ans the laptop mouse buttons are a bit annoyin id like em bigger.
the scren swivels in the clockwise rotation but not counter clockwise. so if you want to veiw something on the right side of the laptop your outta luck.
the fan is insanely loud. you can hear it even with music playing and the volume all the way up. and the multitouch features are very glitchy (but waht in vista isnt) and if you want to dual boot anything becides vista theres no multitouch support.
i have ubuntu linux installed also and theres no sound :( and theres no touchscreen features at all. bummer
also id like the power "switch" to be a button. not much of a grip on the swith takes a lil effort to turn it off.
but hey, i dont regret getting this laptop at all. great upgrade from the dv6226us. all the cons are minor laptop is great very fast and highly upgradeable. and come windows 7, hopefully hp starts to support its multitouch features if it doesnt already :)
I find fingerprint readers to be generally poorly implemented. In my ThinkPad, which is *supposed* to be business-class, the fingerprint reader works about 80% of the time. Then, 10% of the time, it'll say "USB Device Not Recognized", and the other 10% of the time, the hardware won't show up at all (even to the BIOS!). Even a factory image didn't remedy it. Once this term is over, it's going in for Lenovo to sort it out.
I've found solutions online for getting the sound to work on Ubuntu. Look around.
Here is how I got the sound to work in ubuntu on my tx2500z
it might work for you as well:
(I couldn't get the touchscreen to work using this guide, and I gave up)
http://narnia.cs.ttu.edu/drupal/node/183
although this guy got the touch screen to work
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5w5j54uzet4