On 12/21/05, Neal Becker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have a r3000z that I'm very pleased with. I need a new one for my son. > What to get that will run linux well? > > I noticed that new compaqs only have ati, not nvidia? I believe that will > make life a lot less pleasant, is that correct? > > Anyone recommend a 64-bit laptop that will have good compatibility? I intend > to install Fedora, if that matters.
You are correct that all the Compaq laptops have ATi graphics now. For what it is worth, I have only seen AMD64 laptops with ATi graphics. There may be a couple of exceptions, but they were strange off-brands. It seems the ATi X200 chipset is very popular right now, or perhaps the only laptop chipset for the Turion64 (I haven't seen another that I can recall). nVidia seems to be good to support Linux, whereas ATi is much less supportive. nVidia's binary driver works, which is something regardless of how you feel about binary drivers. Someone with an R4000z can probably fill you in on the details, but I doubt you will get 3D working, or at least not easily. It seems last report was that 2D with the open-source driver was finally working, but that gives no acceleration. As of now, I cannot recommend any laptops. I don't know why there is a lack of AMD and nVidia laptops, there always has been it seems. Maybe Dell will get their act together and finally start selling AMD CPUs; they seem to use nVidia cards more than other companies (like HP/Compaq). I went back to a desktop when my R3000z died because there wasn't a laptop I liked. Jonathan _______________________________________________ LinuxR3000 mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pcxperience.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxr3000 Wiki at http://prinsig.se/weekee/
