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On January 27 at 08:51 EST, Wojciech Polak hastily scribbled: |
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> Don't buy Dell with Intel integrated graphics cards. I have Latitude |
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> D410 with no direct rendering (X.org 7.0 supports it but I can't install |
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> it). |
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I have a friend with the D510 and it works. Don't generalize. I would |
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suggest anyone looking at a laptop to find someone with the specific |
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model and find out whether stuff works. |
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> Kernel modules for energy saving slow down processor even if no |
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> deamon is installed (pure modprobe speedstep-centrino), |
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Centrino/Pentium-M rocks :-) |
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> external DVD |
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> recorder (USB) doesn't work with K3b on non root acount, |
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Most would be internal though. |
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> can't get to work MX1000, |
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Not really an issue with the laptop itself. I've got an MX310 (clearly |
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not as awesome, as 310 < 1000) and it works, though it doesn't have |
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wireless or anything. |
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> internal modem doesn't work. |
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Most don't. Mine works just enough to dial up; unfortunately all the |
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cool voice modem features don't work, so I can't turn my laptop into a |
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PBX. |
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> Yet I struggle with it with |
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> suicidal thoughts that I might migrate to Windows |
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Noooooooooo! There's always another way, it's not worth it! Use VMware |
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or something, but pleeeease! We need all the Linux geeks we can get! |
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:-) |
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> > another laptops that work great with linux are Dell, Sony or IBM, I |
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> > have had all of this and I never got into tuff trouble with their |
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> > hardware. |
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I am using an IBM laptop now (at an internship). It's not running |
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Linux, but FWIW it's almost indestructible, and I hear that the |
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fingerprint scanner and TPM chip both work with Linux. (It's so nice to |
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have a built-in crypto processor that the *user* controls!) |
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> > > Never buy a Gateway , I can't get 1024x768 on mine but in XP it's |
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> > > ok |
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I know someone who has a Gateway working under Linux. It was a while |
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ago so I don't remember the specifics. |
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> > > > I am in the near future looking to get a new laptop. I am |
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> > > > wanting to get a laptop that has complete linux support as much |
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> > > > as possible, ie even the email buttons etc. And one that has |
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> > > > nvidia not ati would be wonderful. Anyway, the graphics aren't |
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> > > > as important... anyone with any amd64 laptops please reply and |
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> > > > let me know how things are going.... |
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I would look to someone that sells Linux laptops. LinuxCertified has an |
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AMD64 laptop IIRC. |
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I would also consider that the newest Pentium M chips (the Yonah ones, |
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now renamed Intel Core Duo) are dual-core, and that they are quite fast. |
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Someone tested them against an AMD64 and they were only a little weaker, |
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and in fact better at some tests. |
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I know you said you're not interested in chipsets, but just so you know, |
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graphics performance has about tripled between the Intel 855GM (the |
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lowest end graphics they have right now--it comes with Dothan Centrinos) |
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and the Intel 945GM (the highest end chipset one--it comes with Yonahs). |
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Personally I don't play enough games to make a discrete graphics card |
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worth the money, so I'm happy to hear this. |
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<snip> |
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(All those signatures--augh!) |
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--Thomas Tuttle |