Date: Fri, 2 Nov 2001 08:46:20 +0100 From: Christoph Kukulies <kuku@gilberto.physik.RWTH-Aachen.DE> To: "Brian T.Schellenberger" <bts@babbleon.org> Cc: Christoph Kukulies <kuku@gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de>, Lukas Ertl <l.ertl@univie.ac.at>, freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Inspiron 4100/8100? Message-ID: <20011102084620.C55886@gil.physik.rwth-aachen.de> In-Reply-To: <01110122145800.01001@i8k.babbleon.org>; from bts@babbleon.org on Thu, Nov 01, 2001 at 10:14:58PM -0500 References: <20011026233319.R477-100000@localhost.localdomain> <20011027152841.B88633@gil.physik.rwth-aachen.de> <01110122145800.01001@i8k.babbleon.org>
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On Thu, Nov 01, 2001 at 10:14:58PM -0500, Brian T.Schellenberger wrote: > On Saturday 27 October 2001 09:28, Christoph Kukulies wrote: > > On Fri, Oct 26, 2001 at 11:46:07PM +0200, Lukas Ertl wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > Dell Austria has currently some nice offers for Inspiron 4100 and 8100 > > > notebooks, and I'm really thinking about buying one. > > > > > > > As for the GeForce2 GO I must say No no and no. I have FreeBSD running > > on the Inspiron 8000 (which is just 100MHz less than the 8100) > > but there is presently no chance to get an X11 screen for FreeBSD. > > The i8000 (and I think maybe the i4100) can be configured with ATI RAGE > Mobility chips, which work quite nicely with X & FreeBSD. I'm using one > right now, and 1400x1050 is very nice. Yes, but if you want do OpenGL programming with excellent performance under Unix, FreeBSD is ruled out at the moment. I believe the ATI chip is far lesser in performance than the NVIDIA chip. > > They can even swap the video chip for you; I had a friend who didn't get what > he ordered & they're swapping his for free, but it might be possible to it > for a fee even if you originally ordered the wrong thing. > > (Nvidia: just say NO.) You also might look into a refurbished i8000 with an > ATI chip. > > But if GeForce GO is the only choice, you should call Dell & tell them why > you can't buy a Dell, and then buy something else without an Nvidia chip. I'm not choosing a notebook computer after the OS :-) -- --Chris Christoph P. U. Kukulies kuku@gil.physik.rwth-aachen.de To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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