Does it give you anything? Can you select safe mode or nomodeset from the grub menu, or do you get no grub menu at all? I almost pulled the trigger on a used getac system a while back, but couldn’t justify the cost. If you get it working, please tell me how it goes under Linux!
I want to give you the internet equivalent of a firm handshake. This needed to be said, thank you for being the one to say it.