Updated counts

Best selling laptops under Linux Launchpad groups:

• HP Pavilion dvxz and Linux (dv4z, dv5z, dv7x, Compaq-CQ4x) -- 28 active memberships
• HP G60/G70 and Linux -- 16 active memberships

Weekly round-up

The two best selling laptops so far are:

• HP G60/G70 and Linux -- 27 active memberships
  
• HP Pavilion dvxz and Linux (dv4z, dv5z, dv7x, Compaq-CQ4x) -- 15 active memberships

Both groups now have mailing lists and a doodle poll to see how far is people going onto installing Linux. Have a look at the launchpad pages, that contains links to the installation instructions and recipes to solve any pending issue with graphics, power management, sound, networking, touchpads/mice, etc.

How to install Linux on an HP Pavilion dv4, dv5, dv6, dv7 laptop with AMD/ATI chipsets and an HP G60 - G70 laptop

Here are two launchpad groups for people interested in using Linux for the HP Pavilion dvxz line and the HP G60 and G70 line of laptops:

• HP Pavilion dvxz and Linux (dv4z, dv5z, dv7x, Compaq-CQ4x) -- 15
• HP G60/G70 and Linux -- 14
• Toshiba Satellite X355 and Linux (soon)

Both groups now have mailing lists and a doodle poll to see how far is people going onto installing Linux. Have a look at the launchpad pages, that contains links to the installation instructions and recipes to solve any pending issue with graphics, power management, sound, networking, touchpads/mice, etc.

HP G60 - G70 and Linux

This team is a group of HP G60/G70 laptop owners and/or developers
interested in getting it to work 100% under Linux. These laptops
feature an integrated Intel graphics card *or* a discrete Nvidia
graphics card and come with different screen size configurations: G60
for the 15.6'' and G70 for the 17''.

• HP Pavilion dvxz and Linux (dv4z, dv5z, dv7x, Compaq-CQ4x) -- 14
• HP G60/G70 and Linux -- 6
• Toshiba Satellite X355 and Linux (soon)

specs for the HP Pavilion dv6t and the dvxt series

HP® Official Store — Buy an HP Pavilion dv6-1030us Entertainment Notebook PC, Onyx (NB145UA#ABA) from HP

Processor
Intel Core2 Duo Processor T6400)

Display
16.0" Diagonal High Definition(8) HP BrightView Display (1366x768)

Dimensions
14.9" (L) x 10.15" (D) x 1.33" (min H)/1.65" (max H)

Weight
6.93lbs

Memory
4096MB DDR2 System Memory (2 Dimm)

Total memory slots
2

Maximum memory expansion
Max supported = 8192MB

Graphics card
Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 4500MHD (shared) with up to 1759MB total available graphics memory

Networking
Integrated 10/100BASE-T Ethernet LAN (RJ-45 connector)

Broadband wireless
Wireless LAN 802.11a/b/g/n WLAN & Bluetooth

Primary CD/DVD drive
LightScribe SuperMulti 8X DVD±R/RW with Double Layer Support

Hard drive
320GB (5400RPM) Hard Drive (SATA) [gigabyte is defined as 1,000,000,000 bytes, accessible capacity may vary]

Primary battery
6-Cell Lithium-Ion battery

Personalization
HP Mesh Imprint finish & HP Webcam with integrated digital microphone

Front-side bus (processor dependent)
800MHz FSB

AC adapter
65W AC Adapter

PCI expansion
1 ExpressCard/54 Slot (also supports ExpressCard/34)

I/O ports
-4 Universal Serial Bus (USB) 2.0, 4th port shared with eSATA
-2 Headphone out
-1 microphone-in
-HDMI
-1 VGA (15-pin)
-eSATA + USB 2.0
-1 RJ-11 (modem)
-1 RJ -45 (LAN)
-1 notebook expansion port 3
-1 Consumer IR (Remote Receiver)

Speakers
SRS Premium Sound

Software, full versions
Microsoft Works HP MediaSmart Muvee Reveal Cyberlink DVD Suite Adobe Acrobat Reader HP Games Powered by Wild Tangent

Software, introductory versions
Symantec® Norton Internet Security 2009 (including 60 days complimentary live update)
Microsoft® Office 2007 Home and Student Edition: 60 Day Trial Version

Trial Internet service
N/A

Basic warranty
1-Year Limited Hardware Warranty Toll Free Support (NA)
1-Year Free Hardware Technical Support
30-Days Free Limited Software Support (1 Year* Free Limited
Software Support with Product Registration) *from date of purchase

ENERGY STAR Qualified
YES