I have been thinking of buying this laptop and was looking at the Gentoo Wiki which shows relatively good hardware compatibility, except for the radeon card which is now an older offering:
http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Dell_Studio_XPS_16 The current spec on the UK Dell website shows 1GB ATI® Radeon™ HD 4670 (see below). ================================================================ PROCESSOR: Intel® Core™ i7 Processor 720QM (1.60Ghz, 6MB cache) LCD: Black Leather back cover : 15.6" (inch) Truelife 1080p Full HD WLED Edge to Edge Display MEMORY: 4096MB 1333MHz Dual Channel DDR3 SDRAM [2x2048] HARD DRIVE: 500GB (7,200rpm) Free Fall Sensor Hard Drive PRIMARY BATTERY: 9-cell 85Whr Lithium Ion battery OPTICAL DRIVE: Internal Blu-Ray ROM (Blu-Ray read, DVD and CD read & Write) Optical Drive GRAPHICS CARD: 1GB ATI® Radeon™ HD 4670 graphics card WIRELESS CONNECTIVITY: Dell Wireless 1397 Mini Card (802.11 b/g) BLUETOOTH: Dell Wireless 370 Bluetooth Module ================================================================ According to these links the RadeonHD driver is experimental: http://wiki.x.org/wiki/radeon http://wiki.x.org/wiki/radeonhd%3Aexperimental_3D Does anyone have experience with this driver, or better yet, this laptop? Shall I buy or shall I shy away from it? -- Regards, Mick
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