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Laptops with ATI video cards



On 4/3/07, David Kramer <david at thekramers.net> wrote:
> Still trying to decide on a laptop.  Still running around in circles
> because there's so much conflicting information out there.  I'm almost
> ready to go to the next meeting, pick someone's laptop on it at random,
> and buy one of those.

I would still try and go with an NVidia if you can.  There is
currently a project aimed at offering 3D support in an open-source
driver.  I currently know of no such project for ATI.  This gives
NVidia a major advantage here over ATI.  The project is called
Nouveau.

http://nouveau.freedesktop.org/wiki/
-- 
Kristian Hermansen

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