Interesting turn up for the books tonight....
My wife has decided she hates this new HP Laptop and Windows 8. Main reasons are that whatever mouse we used there is a definite lag between operating the mouse and it responding, even worse with the scroll wheel as you can click it singly 3 times if you see what I mean and only then does Windows move the screen. We've used 3 different mice and they are all the same, all 3 work flawlessly on Linux and earlier Windows. She has never liked touchpads of any variety and refuses to use them.
Next issue is the screen cant seem to get it to show white as white always looks cream and her favourite photo used as a desktop wallpaper is nothing like what it looks like on all the other PCs she's used. Also the screen is lousy when light is coming over the users shoulder as it has a very glossy screen and is quite difficult to see (I know that would be the same whatever the OS
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Last issue and the one I am going to use as reason for return is the fact that it is impossible to create recovery DVDs, apparently HP recommend using a 32gb usb stick, well I refuse to send that sort of money for a usb stick when I should be able to create DVDs with the provided software. HP say use high quality blanks (which I have) or return as defective DVD writer, so guess what I'm going to say....
Stuart