What's in HP's sack? Pre-built Ubuntu machines for the little data scientists in your life

Christmas might have come early for data scientists and analysts as HP is to start selling a selection of its laptops pre-installed with Ubuntu 20.04 and everything you need to crunch numbers and build AI models. The snappily named Z by HP Data Science Software preload will ship select ZBook Studio G7 workstations and Book …

[Anonymous Coward]

Ubuntu? here comes...

JAKE

[katrinab]

i5-10400H, 8GB RAM. 256GB RAM, Intel graphics

Not really my idea of a "powerful workstation".

Also, if you compare the options on a like-for-like basis with the 16" MacBook Pro, the HP is more expensive.

[Gene Cash]

"mobile workstation PC"

WTF is that? [click] it's a fuckin' laptop!

[clicks on prices] it's a fuckin' EXPENSIVE low-spec laptop!

[jgarbo]

I sniff a familiar odor: Sneaky profit. How can an ordinary laptop with a FREE OS cost more than the "notoriously overpriced" Mac?