Thanks, according to the specs page (below) wifi is Intel 4965 AGN, I trust I should not face any problems with that http://www.shopping.hp.com/webapp/shopping/computer_can_series.do?storeName=computer_store&category=notebooks&a1=Display+diagonal&v1=15.4&series_name=dv6700tse_series
On Sat, Aug 16, 2008 at 12:40 AM, Kae Verens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ahmed Kamal wrote: > >> Hi everyone, >> Any experiences with Linux HP dv6700se ? Seems to me like a really solid >> laptop, and good value, but linux-laptop.net <http://linux-laptop.net> >> does not mention it. I wanna be sure it's fedora compatible ? >> > > never heard of it. > > What's the current state with nVidia cards under Linux ? Is it a matter of >> waiting for a few weeks till their driver catches up with the kernel, or is >> their drivers quality getting bad lately ? Should I deliberately avoid >> getting this laptop, coz it has a nVidia card ? >> > > my experience is that NVidia are not that bad. > > I'm using a HP G6000, which has an NVidia GeForce 7000M. the free drivers > simply don't support it, so I had to use NVidia's drivers. > > once Fedora9 stabilised a bit, NVidia's driver suddenly just worked (there > was a period where the ABI for the new XOrg was in flux, so NVidia's driver > was uncertain how to interface with the server). > > If the card is the only questionable item, then I'd say go for it. > > check the wifi as well, though - that can be another tricky item to get > working... > > kae > > _______________________________________________ > Fedora-laptop-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-laptop-list >
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