On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 01:31:08AM +0000, James wrote > Thanks for all the good view pionts on hardware.
Do *NOT* get a machine with a Poulsbo video chip. It "supported" one version of the linux kernel at release time, with a proprietary blob. No updates since. And as we all know, kernel upgrades and Xorg upgrades kill compatability with binary blob video drivers every so often. What was sold as a 1366x768 Windows machine with decent video speed is now a 1024x768 VESA-driven display that sucks at Youtube video playback. It works for general browsing+email, but I could use some extra screen pixels. Poulsbo is a 3rd-party that Intel subcontracted for the video chip. Intel doesn't own, and cannot release the Poulsbo api. -- Walter Dnes <waltd...@waltdnes.org>
