It's Vista's fault, not HP!

So there's some new hardware from HP that Engadget's gotten their hands on tonight. I really liked their coverage, and agree with most of the gripes. *cough*glossy*cough*

The one thing that I wished had been at least tacitly mentioned was that the failings of the touch interface shouldn't be attributed solely to HP's work! They've probably done the best that can be with the software they're stuck with. Consumer's still need it to support Vista. This Linux Geek can live fine without it, but your average consumer can not.

There's been discussion before about HP acknowledging, maybe, that Vista's just not up to par when it comes to the touch interface for this new emerging technology. The hardware's arrived far ahead the software. That's true with a lot of things, when using vista. Using Sabayon GNU/Linux and KDE with compiz-fusion I've managed to put together a desktop that's far more appealing than Vista (visually, and technically... don't forget my personal FOSS biases.) and it runs far smoother, even with the weightier effects.

I haven't played with any of the touch interface work being done in the FOSS world but I'd put money, had I any, that I could reproduce the basic functionality at an improved performance.

Now, I would like to see more AMD offerings from HP, damn it. They did recently rev their 17" entertainment notebook in the AMD flavor... but I'm not seeing enough AMD Love. I probably pay a premium for my AMD-Love but it's worth it. They're the one's continuing to truly innovate and that's definitely worth supporting. Intel may be a great company but their focus is on shrinking the die and I just don't see the true innovation we get from AMD. I don't even price Intel machines, so I don't know how much I'm paying... and I just don't buy Intel.

I just hope HP keeps us AMD Loyalists in mind... they've done well so far. I still love my DV9000z and I think it's time for an upgrade. I'd damn near kill for a dv7z with the CPU and RAM ++'d like I did with the 9000z.