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HP is launching a new line of inexpensive business laptops, the ProBook s-series. These laptops can be ordered with Novell Inc's SuSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 pre-installed.  According to HP it is HP's first-ever Linux pre-install on a standard business laptop. HP already offers some netbooks with Linux pre-installed. "It's pretty much a natural evolution," said Carol Hess- Nickels, HP's director of marketing for worldwide business notebooks to Reuters.com. "We want to provide a different option ... it's probably a little time yet before we'll know exactly what the demand is, but we did think it was something worth trying." The ProBooks are available with either 14-inch, 15.6-inch, or 17.3-inch screen sizes & some models will also feature Qualcomm Inc's Gobi technology, allowing them to use a single module to access different mobile broadband network technologies & mobile operators. The ProBooks will be available with prices starting at $529.
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