HP dv6700se

[Ahmed Kamal]

Thanks, according to the specs page (below) wifi is Intel 4965 AGN, I trust
I should not face any problems with that
http://www.shopping.hp.com/webapp/shopping/computer_can_series.do?storeName=computer_store&category=notebooks&a1=Display+diagonal&v1=15.4&series_name=dv6700tse_series


On Sat, Aug 16, 2008 at 12:40 AM, Kae Verens <kae at verens.com> wrote:

> Ahmed Kamal wrote:
>
>> Hi everyone,
>> Any experiences with Linux HP dv6700se ? Seems to me like a really solid
>> laptop, and good value, but linux-laptop.net <http://linux-laptop.net>
>> does not mention it. I wanna be sure it's fedora compatible ?
>>
>
> never heard of it.
>
>  What's the current state with nVidia cards under Linux ? Is it a matter of
>> waiting for a few weeks till their driver catches up with the kernel, or is
>> their drivers quality getting bad lately ? Should I deliberately avoid
>> getting this laptop, coz it has a nVidia card ?
>>
>
> my experience is that NVidia are not that bad.
>
> I'm using a HP G6000, which has an NVidia GeForce 7000M. the free drivers
> simply don't support it, so I had to use NVidia's drivers.
>
> once Fedora9 stabilised a bit, NVidia's driver suddenly just worked (there
> was a period where the ABI for the new XOrg was in flux, so NVidia's driver
> was uncertain how to interface with the server).
>
> If the card is the only questionable item, then I'd say go for it.
>
> check the wifi as well, though - that can be another tricky item to get
> working...
>
> kae
>
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