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What is the HP 255 G3? This is HP's entry-level business laptop featuring open-source OS Ubuntu instead of the traditional Windows. Overseen by UK-based Canonical, Ubuntu is regarded as the most secure operating system around, and is slowly but surely gat...

Low cost, Rugged design, DVD drive, Ubuntu has potential...

Terrible screen, Poor battery life, Lack of compatible apps...

Lacking in processing muscle and boasting only a functional rather than eye-catching design, the HP 255 G3 nevertheless represents decent value for money – and serves as a neat introduction to the promising Ubuntu OS. Review unit kindly provided by Ebu...
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We've noticed a trend over the last 12 months or so – the cheapest laptop models for all the main vendors come from their business ranges. We saw it already with the Lenovo B50 series, the Toshiba Satellite Pro C50 and the Dell Inspiron 15 3531. HP is the...

Good value for money, Relatively impressive performance levels, Solid design, It has an optical drive...

Poor battery life, 10/100 Mbps Ethernet...

The HP 255 G3 laptop is a bland-looking notebook with a fairly impressive feature set. It's affordable, doesn't look cheap, and does what it's meant to do...
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techradar.com/au/ Updated: 2015-09-10 21:22:21
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We've noticed a trend over the last 12 months or so – the cheapest laptop models for all the main vendors come from their business ranges. We saw it already with the Lenovo B50 series, the Toshiba Satellite Pro C50 and the Dell Inspiron 15 3531. HP is the...

Good value for money, Relatively impressive performance levels, Solid design, It has an optical drive...

Poor battery life, 10/100 Mbps Ethernet...

The HP 255 G3 laptop is a bland-looking notebook with a fairly impressive feature set. It's affordable, doesn't look cheap, and does what it's meant to do...
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Illustrating that Intel doesn't quite have a 100 percent monopoly on processors to power Windows PCs, AMD still makes chips that we find in slower and less efficient budget laptops . The HP 255 G3 laptop here can boast of its quad-core chip and Radeon gra...

Design and build quality of the HP 255 G3 are workmanlike, but importantly the main comfort areas of keyboard, trackpad and display are quite usable, if with the usual issues of poor display quality we find at this low price. But for only £200 the HP is m...
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The HP255 G3 is a low-cost AMD-powered laptop, provided this time with Ubuntu Linux from Ebuyer. It's rare to see a 15.6-inch laptop with a quad-core processor for such a low price, but does the rest of the package measure up? Is Linux a reasonable substi...

Very cheap, but doesn't feel very cheap, Keyboard and trackpad are great for the price, Display's viewing angles are reasonable...

Performance is lamentable; everything takes a little longer, No day-long battery life here, like some newer Intel models, Big and heavy for a modern laptop, Score, Links, AMD laptops at Ebuyer, [amazon text=Check prices on Amazon&asin=B00NU5Y5JY]...

The 255 G3 makes sensible sacrifices in performance and display to hit a low price point without taking away too much. While Ubuntu Linux may not be your first choice, it's a viable alternative to Windows and a efficient partner to the 255 G3. All in all...
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