[ltp] What to take care of when buying a Lenovo? revisited

[Alex Deucher]

On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 2:32 PM, Arian Kuschki
<arian.kuschki@googlemail.com> wrote:
>
>
> Reference (Mailing list thread from three years ago):
> http://old.nabble.com/What-to-take-care-of-when-buying-a-Lenovo--td159207=
84i20.html#a15944507
>
> Quoting Henrique de Moraes Holschuh from the above link:
>
> 1. Prefer ATI over nVidia on the GPU, at least for the next three years.
> =A0 We should press nVidia to release docs, like ATI is now doing.
>
> 2. Prefer Intel over anything on the GPU if your needs have extreme 3D
> =A0 performance anywhere below "required". =A0It will work better than AT=
I,
> =A0 extremely better than nVidia, and it will save a LOT of power over
> =A0 ATI and nVidia. =A0Buying Intel GPUs and WiFi is a "vote with your wa=
llet"
> =A0 issue, as they provide *FAR* better support, documentation and resour=
ces
> =A0 for open drivers than ATI (some docs, getting better) and nVidia (no =
help
> =A0 whatsoever).
>

For AMD GPUs we have full launch support in our closed source driver
and pretty close to launch support in our open source driver (getting
closer and closer as we catch up on previous generations).

Alex

>
> Three years have passed since you said this, does your advice still
> stand? Has the situation improved with nVidia drivers? If one were to
> buy an T420s today and had to choose between
> Intel=AE HD 3000 and NVIDIA=AE Quadro=AE NVS4200M, which one is the one t=
o
> get? Is there a chance nVidia drivers will improve to a point in the
> next three years that it will be worthwhile to have an nVidia optimus
> card running under Linux? And lastly, is there any harm in getting the
> laptop with the nVidia chip and disabling it for the time being if the
> price of the two T420s is nearly the same?
>
> Sorry for all these questions, just trying to make the right long-term in=
vestment :)
>
> Cheers,
> Arian
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