RE: [newbie] Laptop/notebook question(S)
Ronald wrote: I've been looking at some laptop/notebook stuff, and was just wondering about Dells stuff. My wife says we can swing one around tax time grin. Does it work pretty good with Mandrake? I have never had problems with _older_ Dell machines (Latitudes and Inspirons) and Mandrake, unlike some other laptop brands; 9.2 installed out of the box on my C610. If you had to choose, would you pick Intel Xtreme, ATI mobility, or Nvidias' NForce? (and why?) To be honest, there is little difference in performance and features. What might swing it is the driver support which, in my experience, is (in descending order of quality): NVIDIA ATI Intel Alastair This email has been scanned for all viruses by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information on a proactive email security service working around the clock, around the globe, visit http://www.messagelabs.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Laptop/notebook question(S)
You might also want to check out a site called linuxonlaptops.com or something like that. I'm not sure about the exact email address as I don't have a laptop sadly. But I would love to get one to load Linux on. I write tutorials for installing Linux to help out. I can't program so I cant write open code, so I do my part by making Linux easier for people who are new to it. I'v written install tutorials for Slackware 9.1, SuSE 8.1, and Libranet, which is a Debian based distro. I plan on doing Mandrake when I get my other box back, which is hopefully in the next few days. I also take requests :) Sorry I'm rambling on lol. It's almost 10 AM and I'm still awake. If you want to see any tutorials I'v done, or want to ask me for a request to write a Linux install tutorial, just mail me :) I won't do Gentoo as I don't like them. I know how the install goes, but I just don't like them. Also it would be hard to make a good easy to understand tutorial for a newbie when you have alot of choices for install. My tutorials usually go step by step, to make it easy. :) -- __ We Are 138 http://www.suse.com http://www.slackware.org http://www.bsd.org http://www.daemonnews.org/ http://www.cannibalholocaust.net http://www.misfits.com http://www.onethirtyeight.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Laptop/notebook question(S)
On Monday 09 February 2004 09:51 am, Alastair Scott wrote: -To be honest, there is little difference in performance and features. -What might swing it is the driver support which, in my experience, is -(in descending order of quality): - -NVIDIA -ATI -Intel - -Alastair Thanks for the reply. I was wondering about 3D accelerated stuff with the above chipsets. I should have made that clearer in the original post. I know that normally Nvidia is great, but the Dell models I'm looking at have the NForce chipset and I hear thats problematic sometimes. I was really unsure if 3D stuff worked with ATI mobility or the Intel Xtreme setups. Thanks! :-) -- /\ Dark Lord \/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Laptop/notebook question(S)
Ronald J. Hall wrote: On Monday 09 February 2004 09:51 am, Alastair Scott wrote: -To be honest, there is little difference in performance and features. -What might swing it is the driver support which, in my experience, is -(in descending order of quality): - -NVIDIA -ATI -Intel - -Alastair Thanks for the reply. I was wondering about 3D accelerated stuff with the above chipsets. I should have made that clearer in the original post. I know that normally Nvidia is great, but the Dell models I'm looking at have the NForce chipset and I hear thats problematic sometimes. I was really unsure if 3D stuff worked with ATI mobility or the Intel Xtreme setups. Thanks! :-) Nforce is an AMD chipset.. Last time I checked, dell did not sell any AMD systems at all... I have a Dell 5150, and I have the nvidia driver working fine on mdk9.2 for its 64mb Geforce FX5200. I have sound, I have wireless, in fact I have pretty much everything bar the dumbass modem that has no modern driver. rgds Franki Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Laptop/notebook question(S)
On Tuesday 10 February 2004 12:34 am, frankieh wrote: -Nforce is an AMD chipset.. - -Last time I checked, dell did not sell any AMD systems at all... - -I have a Dell 5150, and I have the nvidia driver working fine on mdk9.2 -for its 64mb Geforce FX5200. -I have sound, I have wireless, in fact I have pretty much everything bar -the dumbass modem that has no modern driver. - -rgds - -Franki My bad, thanks for the info/update/reply! :-) -- /\ Dark Lord \/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
