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

[Chris Schumann]

Hey Bill,

I can't speak to the Wanything, but I have a T60 with an ATI chip.

I'm using Fedora Google Earth flies (or it did last time it worked). 
OK... Fedora 9 worked a whole lot better than F10. F9 used ATI's driver, 
while F10 uses the new open sourced driver, which mostly works.

I've used two monitors, with mirrored and extended desktop. It's not as 
seamless as Vista, which notices a monitor being plugged in and asks 
what you want to do about it, but it does work.

And if that still didn't convince you, and money's tight, the T61/p have 
nVidia chips, and even Intel's chips aren't so bad these days.

Chris

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?
>