On 04/07/12 13:59, Colin Law wrote:
Has anyone any experience of running Ubuntu on laptops from PC
Specialist [1]? I am particularly interested in the Genesys IV [2].
They will supply without Windows with a reduction of £80.
I believe they are based on Clevo laptops.
Not based on, they _are_ Clevo laptops.
The first thing that leaps off the screen at me is that genesisIV has an
nVidia 'Optimus' video card.
http://askubuntu.com/questions/96552/how-well-will-nvidia-optimus-cards-be-supported-in-12-04
"nVidia's official position is that they have no plans to support
Optimus on Linux - our graphics stack is engineered with an assumption
that only one card is driving a given display, and it's not easy to work
around."
Personally I'd avoid it and get something like a Lenovo.
Cheers,
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