dell inspiron 8100
On 6/14/06, Christopher Snell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I'm still looking for a laptop. Does anybody know of a laptop that
> will do at least 1600x___ resolution and have rudimentary power
> management (ie., I can pull the AC plug and the laptop does not lock
> up)?
>
> Chris
>
> On 5/29/06, Theo de Raadt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > On 5/26/06, Christopher Snell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > It seems like every major laptop manufacturer is locked into Intel
> > > > CPU, graphics, WiFi, and sound and that there's no chance in hell
> that
> > > > Intel will release specs on these. What is the future of laptop
> > > > support for free Unicies? Will SpeedStep ever be reverse
> engineered?
> > > > Are we forever doomed to barely-working laptops?
> > >
> > > umm, the graphics and sound for intel chipsets are completely
> > > documented. the "correct" way to use speedstep (est) is through acpi,
> > > which is also documented, even though we should now pretty much
> > > support every est cpu at least basically. the situation with wifi
> > > could be better, but if you download the firmware it works.
> > >
> > > you have either misappraised the situation, or your defintion of
> > > barely working is very different than most people's.
> >
> > Intel is changing their ways. They got seriously hurt by NVidia and
> > ATI taking over the video market, while simultaneously AMD hurt
> > them on the processor side.
> >
> > The real enemy today is Nvidia (and ATI).
> >
> > Intel is trying to release documentation and open up as fast as they
> > can to stay in the market. It's almost pathetic, but yes, it is
> > benefiting us (as it should, and thus, us running on their machines
> > benefits them, as it should).
