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On 04/22/2011 01:14 PM, Jason D. Clinton wrote:
Anticipate pain with the 550M. It will work eventually but you'll likely need to run a beta release of a distro to even get working 2D support.
+1
I'm going to reiterate what I said earlier, and I think what Jason alluded to as well.
Go with Intel for everything you can. NIC, wireless and video all Just Work(TM). It's not sexy, but super functional.
Even if you go with a lower cost laptop, don't put yourself through the hassle of screwing around with non-F/OSS drivers for those components. The money you "saved" on the front end will be decimated by the cost of lost time trying to tinker your laptop into half-assed, cobbled-together functionality. - -- Thomas Cameron, RHCA, RHCSS, RHCDS, RHCVA, RHCX, CNE, MCSE, MCT Managing Solutions Architect 512-241-0774 office / 512-585-5631 cell http://people.redhat.com/tcameron/ IRC: choirboy / AIM: rhelguy / Yahoo: rhce_guy