Nice, I always run a quick live image to test the hardware with a new machine. If it doesn't work with something using Linux I will try something else possibly including windows 7 just to check that sound works for example. Knowing it if is hardware or software saves days of agonising troubleshooting.
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I usually do that, too, but didn't bother this time since it's a slightly different model but uses the same motherboard as my old work-issue laptop, and I already knew everything worked in Linux except the fingerprint sensor. Only fired up the W11 install it came with to make sure it wasn't DOA and wiped it immediately after -- I just forgot to check the speakers lol.
I would have been looking for hidden porn.
It's a "beater" laptop, so unless you're into that kind of thing...
As a beater laptop I presumed it was used primarily for porn.
i was jokingly implying the porn you'd find would likely be of a violent "beater" variety - which is not my kind of thing, anyway.
I was joking it was a beating off computer, a beater computer.
Nice, I need to get something like that for a backup as my primary needs some kind of repair. I think new laptops might be now or soon very expensive because those parasites at the AI companies running the llm's are buyin all the chips.
I can hardly wait for the bubble to pop just so we don't get overcharged on everything but you just know they will pay off the government to bail them out.