[ltp] Re: A30, A31 differences? A30P, A31P

[Daniel Pittman]

"Senectus ." <senectus@gmail.com> writes:
> On 12/13/05, Daniel Pittman <daniel@rimspace.net> wrote:
>> Bert Haskins <bhaskins@chartermi.net> writes:
>>
>> > I've googled for this and searched the IBM site without much luck so
>> > I'll ask here.  What is the difference between the A30, A31 and the
>> > A30P, A31P?
>> Finally, the 1600x1200 extra-nice LCD panel
>
> Yes.. my 1600x1200 resolution is pure hard core sex :-)
> You've never seen a better quality LCD on a laptop.

Nah, it doesn't do any better than the LCD panels you get in every
second laptop today.  Of course, I bought this laptop three and a half
years ago, but it isn't to boast. ;)

Besides, it wasn't all good.  It took /forever/ to get fonts looking
decent at the ~ 120 DPI horizontal that it gives. :)

>> [2]  The nicer OpenGL drivers are *not* available under Linux, so no
>>      benefit to the "FireGL" part at all. :)
>
> the ATI chip in these is utter crap, and making it work with anything
> resembling good 3D performance under linux is a right pain in the fat
> cheeks :-|

My key requirement was freely available 2D acceleration, since I don't
really need much 3D on a laptop, and I don't want to fsck around with
closed source drivers to get my boring mostly-text desktop displayed.

For me, the ATI chip was just fine.  Also, it is fully open source,
which is better than almost anything since.[1]

      Daniel

Footnotes: 
[1]  Well, except the Intel on-motherboard chips, or the Via
     on-motherboard chips, but they aren't much better for 3D. ;)