Re: Feedback invited for Inspiron 6000 w/ ATI MOBILITY™ RADEON® X300 64MB HyperMemory™

[Reshat Sabiq]

Reshat Sabiq wrote:

> I ended up going for upper-medium lower-high end, which is what i 
> think this laptop is.
>
> I'd appreciate any feedback on it. One thing i'm anticipating is that 
> xorg won't work right off (not 3D anyway), and that i'll need to get 
> proprietary ATI driver. Could somebody confirm if it works well? ATI 
> appears to have made a good effort on that driver, but that's just my 
> impression from their website.
>
> P.S. Btw., for those who are looking, Dell appears to have a good deal 
> on this laptop till 08/31. It's the best deal i found for those specs.
> If you are looking at the $850 range, the best deal i found there is 
> HP Pavillion ze2000t (i looked at deals w/ S-Video only) .
>
> Thanks.

Actually, the ATI website only mentions X300 for desktops. I'm finding 
some references saying xorg radeon driver works well (including hardware 
acceleration) for X300, however, i haven't seen a definitive answer.
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