Hi all, First, thanks again for the helpful replies. The machine at WalMart was gone by the time I got there, so I went over to Best Buy to check what they had in stock. I wound up purchasing a very similar machine (with a better price), an HP G60-125NR. Since Best Buy has a 15% restocking fee I thought I'd do some fact searching before I open the box. What I found was some rather mixed reviews, but only wrt Windows. I haven't found a Linux review yet. Here are some of its specs: AMD Turion 2 GHz Dual-core CPU 250 GB hd 3 GB memory nVidia 8200M video 15.6" widescreen display LightScribe 8X DVD drive built-in webcam et cetera Hardware-wise it looks right for me. Alas, the reviews gave it a rather poor rating, compared to other machines at the price point, but the reviews refer to a ~$800 price tag. My bill came to about $580. So I'm at a bit of an impasse. I can open the box, try it out, and if it doesn't work for me I can take it back and pay almost $100 for the restocking fee (which IMO really sucks), or I can take it back unopened and start over. Btw, if I open it I'll keep it for 13 days. 14 days is the limit for returns, so I might as well get something out of it for the hundred bucks. What's the tribe think ? Any & all opinions/recommendations are most welcome. Best, dp _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user
