I have an nx9005 which also had the HD die, unfortunately out of the warranty period but well before I would normally expect one to die. I have heard of another nx which also had the HD die very early in its life. Iwas talking to a laptop tech about them and apparently they are very cheaply produced machines which use some pretty crappy components. I don't think I would get another nx. On Wed, 8 Mar 2006, Oliver Jones wrote:
My own experience with my HP Compaq nx7010 has been generally positive though I have had a few "issues".
Ubuntu Breezy supports all of the Laptop's hardware (sans the NDA encumbered SD Card reader) out of the box. Wireless, Network, Video, everything. Fedora Core 4 required some tweaking to get things to work.
The proprietary ATI FireGL drivers in the Multiverse deb archive were required to get decent 3D performance though. But they installed flawlessly too.
The hardware reliability on the other hand has been where I've been let down. My hard disk's heads crashed after 11 months of use (just before the 1year international warranty ran out thankfully).
The laptop can also suffer a bit from over heating. Not too bad but really extended use (ie, days of uptime) can cause issues. Especially on the really hot days here in Australia (high 30's and low 40's).
And lately when USB devices are plugged in it can fail to finish the POST. Though that could be the USB devices more than the laptop causing the issues.
Laptops are great but if you want a workhorse that keeps on trucking for years at a time, nothing beats a (under-the-)desktop box. ;)
Regards
Gavin Denby wrote: