On Tue, 2007-08-14 at 11:19 +0000, Ondrej Balaz wrote: > I heard rumors that only the new Intel graphics chipset contained in "Santa > Rosa" isn't supported well. But Intel actively develops drivers for new HW. > > The best choice for non-gamers is today imho GMA950. I'm using this adapter > in my Core Duo Thinkpad X60s. It works well out-of-box. Only small hack to > get higher external resolution is needed. I'm not Compiz or Beryl fan or > Quake player so I can't report how good is for that. > > Before this X60s I had SIS chipset based laptop and I can't suggest. It's > crap.
Ok - the HP I mentioned has the GMA965 chipset, including the X3100 video chip. I assume this is ok? I wasn't familiar with Compiz or Beryl; they look cool but I can live without them. Likewise most games, though some support would be nice. It appears that this chipset does MPEG2 acceleration too; do you know if that's supported by the Linux drivers? > There are two current Intel wireless chipsets - 3945 and 4965. For 3945 exists > two driver branches/dists - ipw3945 which is more stable and complete, but > needs > userspace regulatory daemon. Second, iwlwifi wich is primarily developed for > 4965 (only option here) doesn't need userspace daemon, but for me isn't very > stable (with 3945), doesn't support killswitch and led. Both drivers are > opensource with firmware and regulatory daemon (in case of ipw3945) > distributed > in binary form. Hmm. The regulatory daemon doesn't sound nice, but I guess it's available as a fallback if the iwlwifi solution doesn't work (and hopefully that improves with time) > I bought IBM Thinkpad X60s because is small but solid and not cheapy-looking. > Contains various usefull gadgets (ThinkLight - keyboard light in lid) and > Linux support is almost complete (HDD protection, advanced battery charging > control, SMAPI, extended ACPI info and controls). > Visit http://www.thinkwiki.org for more info about these laptops. Interesting - that's a pre-Lenovo one? My understanding was that Lenovo had publicly declared that they weren't interested in supporting Linux, which was a bit of a turnoff for me. The X60s is small, too - I think I'd rather have a larger screen than that. > Before this I had HP bussiness class laptop. I can recommend this brand. Only > reason to sell my HP was high weight. Be warned and buy rather model with > Intel > wireless chipset. Only way to get broadcom in my previous HP laptop to work > was > ndiswrapper (and I heard it won't work on 64bit distros). Yes, the weight is a bit of a pain - heavier (and larger) than my current Tecra 8100. I'm hoping it will be sufficiently better that it's worth carrying :-) I think I can cope with a bit of extra weight and size if it means a decent size screen. I intend to get rid of my (home) desktop. Thanks for your comments. Richard -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
