[SATLUG] $398 Laptop at Wal-Mert

[Ernest de Leon]

I was planning to get one of these and load ubuntu on it.  I didn't know
that the radeon card shared the video memory on it.  I thought it would be
similar to my dell that has separate memory on the radeon?  Does anyone
actually have one of these that can attest to its worth or lack thereof?

Ernest

On 11/1/06, Alex Bartonek <bartonekdragracing at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> --- "Glenn F. Boswell" <gboswell at accd.edu> wrote:
>
> > Becautious with these. They have shared video so
> > they will not run
> > Vista, no big deal for us, but they also have the
> > broadcom wireless that
> > only Unbuntu will recognize at present. Compaq/HP is
> > unloading all their
> > "Non Vista" boxes before Vista is released. One of
> > my students has one
> > ($750.00 in Feb)and it is a pain to work with. Many
> > of the games he uses
> > will not run on this box. I don't run games either
> > but Compaq has never
> > had a "Linux friendly" reputation so just be "Buyer
> > Aware" on this "Deal".
>
>
> yea..YMMV.. I had a Compaq V2000 I think was the
> model.. had broadcom wireless and I could not get it
> to work even with Linuxant and ndiswrapper.  I might
> get it as a laptop for my race car though being that
> its real-time logging software runs under Windows :- /
> ..which will crash first? the car or the computer?
> (somewhat funny.)
>
> -Alex
>
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# Ernest De Leon

"If Microsoft is 'flexible' it explains how their head got where it is."