Giving up on Linux...

[Paul]

Hi,

> > Yep
> 
> When I get my notebook in a week or so, we'll see.  All other
> users reported serious problems.

Make sure you're using the 2.6.3 kernel.

> > > But: will the wireless (Centrino!) work?
> > > (Will see how ndiswrapper works when I get mine...)
> > 
> > Kernel 2.6.3, yep
> 
> Will check that, it is new to me that there are drivers for the Intel
> Centrino WiFi.

There was an article on el Reg this week about Intel and Linux.

> > > (Intel graphics sometimes support BIOS-supported modes, which means
> > > you're stuck with 1024x768 on a 1400x1050 notebook.)
> > 
> > Yep
> 
> So all the people reporting problem in this area (seen reports about
> both Acer and ASUS in the same area) just lie?  Did you really *try*
> all laptops?

I've tried about 60 laptops since the middle of last year. The only ones
I've had problems with were the really nasty bottom end ones. I'm not
saying they're fibbing, I'm saying that results may vary.

> > There may be some small issues, but essentially, yep. That said, the
> > cheaper and nastier they are, the more they don't work, but then, they
> > don't work properly with 98 or XP, so there's no difference.
> 
> Let's say we have a different opinion then...

Fair enough.

TTFN

Paul

-- 
"Logic, my dear Zoe, is merely the ability to be wrong with authority"
Dr Who
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