On Wednesday 06 April 2005 14:47, Hendrik Sattler wrote: > Am Mittwoch, 6. April 2005 19:09 schrieb Derek Broughton: > > On Wednesday 06 April 2005 13:20, Hendrik Sattler wrote: > > > Integrated graphics is like integrated sound: it works if you don't > > > expect much. But in case of e.g. distorted sound, you are better off > > > getting something real. > > > > The "average" user doesn't need a great sound system and super 3d > > accelerated video on their computer. In fact, I'd be surprised if there > > weren't more people using on-board video for Linux than for other OS's as > > we're not primarily a gaming community. I'm using i815 right now, i915 > > when the new laptop arrives in a week or so. > > Everybody I know does not care for Pentium chipsets in desktop computers. > Those people also choose the ATI solution in laptops solely for this one > having its own memory because the video RAM access does not interfere with > the CPU's access to the system RAM. AFAIK, i815 still has those old issues, > doesn't it?
It hasn't had any issues in the 3 1/2 years I've had this laptop. > > Also, there were quite some issues with 1400x1050 laptop displays and the > intel8xx X driver. Probably - never tried to drive it that high. It's a laptop, for heaven's sake, used for business programming for websites. It's more than good enough -- derek -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
