[ltp] How do you like your W500 or W700?

[D. Sen]

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My W500 is working fairly well. Not quite as stable as my T42p. Hangs
once in a while during Resume/Suspend cycles.

More tconcerning is the freeze that happens (see my post earlier this
week) when trying to back up to an external drive.

Using fglrx. 3D working. Most everything is working - except for the
fingerprint device.

Cheers,
DS

Bill Wohler wrote:
| My T40p is dying.
|
| I'm looking at the W500, but I'm concerned that I might have the same
| trouble with the ATI video card that I have had with the one in this
| box. I've never been able to use the accelerated graphics. Google
| Earth and Stellarium are unusable.
|
| My desktop at work has an nVidia card. I was able to install and
| configure the Debian nVidia packages easily, and the accelerated
| graphics work fine! And it works with two monitors. And I can use a
| projector. None of this works on my T40p.
|
| I therefore want to avoid the ATI trap on my next ThinkPad.
|
| Everything about the W500 looks good except for the video card. Has
| anyone out there, particularly Debian folks, had success video-wise
| with this laptop? Or should I opt for the W700 (which isn't as mobile
| as I'd like) that does have an nVidia card? Are there plans for a W500
| model with an nVidia card and is it soon enough that the duct tape
| will hold?
|
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