AMD should be fine. Intel CPUs are sometimes set up for Intel's proprietary RST or VMD disk control which must be changed to AHCI to accomodate dual booting which can be a bit more of a hassle.
No more & no less reliable than any other series. The Aspire A514 series with nearly equivalent specs and pre-installed WinHome would probably be cheaper. You might find a vendor offering a submodel from one of these series that you like better. Also, choose you distro carefully because some are much better than others in having drivers for devices that are primarily used in a Windows environment.
I bought Acer Nitro 5 laptop with specification listed below. Always have been using Ubuntu. Need your help on the recommend way to install Ubuntu or (your recommended) Linux distro good for this laptop.
Tap F2 on startup to enter BIOS menu. Post a phone photo of the first screen if possible so we can set the full model number and other properties that might affect dual booting.
The newest laptop models seem to always have a lag before any of the Linux distros support them fully. You are often better off to buy last years model if you want to run Linux as your primary OS. Ubuntu will likely mostly work, but it might be a few months before everything is working right...
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Tap F2 on startup to enter BIOS menu. Post a phone photo of the first
screen if possible so we can set the full model number and other
properties that might affect dual booting.
Select an UEFI file as trusted for executing: [Enter]
Restore Secure Boot to Factory Default: [Enter]
The Aspire A514 series with nearly equivalent specs and pre-installed WinHome would probably be cheaper. You might find a vendor offering a submodel from one of these series that you like better. Also, choose you distro carefully because some are much better than others in having drivers for devices that are primarily used in a Windows environment.
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- AMD Ryzen 7 5800H
- Windows 11 Home (64-bit)
- NVIDIA GeForce GTX1650 4GB GDDR6
- 15.6" FHD IPS 144Hz 45%NTSC LED backlit TFT LCD
- 8GB DDR4 3200MHz RAM (going to upgrade to 16GB)
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Laptop Box Information from white sticker.
Acer Series: Nitro 5
AN515-45-R553
Color: Shale Black
P/N: NH/QBMSG.002
RMN: N20C1
OS: Windows 10 Home
Processor: AMD Ryzen 7 5800H
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 with 4GB GDDR6 Dedicated VRAM
Memory: 16 GB DDR 3200MHx Memory
Manufacture Year 2021
SYSTEM BIOS: V1.06
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The Aspire A514 series with nearly equivalent specs and pre-installed WinHome would probably be cheaper. You might find a vendor offering a submodel from one of these series that you like better. Also, choose you distro carefully because some are much better than others in having drivers for devices that are primarily used in a Windows environment.
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