14 DAY TRIAL // We announced at the beginning of May that Canonical entered a partnership with Ebuyer, a British electronic commerce retailer, to sell AMD-based HP laptops with Ubuntu Linux pre-installed.
At that point in time, the laptops were available only for pre-order from Ebuyer's online store, and they were set to be fully available at the end of May 2015. As such, we are happy to inform you that the Ubuntu-powered laptops are available for purchase starting today, May 28, 2015.
Best of all, if you purchase one of the three HP laptops with AMD technology inside and preloaded with the Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr) operating system until the end of the month (May 31), you will be able to claim up to £100 ($150 / €140) for your old laptop.
"AMD-based HP laptops preloaded with Ubuntu are now available for purchase from +Ebuyer.com Plus, for a limited time - until the 31st May - you can claim up to £100 cash back when you buy one of these laptops and trade in your old one!" says Canonical on a Google+ announcement.
Choose between HP 255 G3, HP 355 G3, and HP 455 G3
Three laptops from HP (Hewlett-Packard) are available for purchase from the Ebuyer.com website. From low-end to high-end, they are HP 255 G3, HP 355 G3, and HP 455 G3. All of them are powered by quad-core processors from AMD.
The HP 255 G3 laptop boasts an AMD A4-5000 Quad Core accelerated processor with AMD Radeon graphics, 4GB RAM, 1TB HDD, 15.6 inch LED screen, 802.11 b/g/n WiFi, integrated Webcam and Bluetooth. It costs £199.98 ($300 / €280).
The second laptop, HP 355 G3, is powered by an AMD A8-6410 Quad Core accelerated processor with AMD Radeon graphics, 4GB RAM, 1TB HDD, 15.6 inch LED screen, 802.11 b/g/n WiFi, integrated Bluetooth and Webcam. It is priced at £299.99 ($460 / €420).