Thanks, Mine is XPS L401X. So does that mean I cant install linux, or simply i wont be able to use the graphics card?
Thanks again for helping out. Regards, Rahul On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 7:56 PM, bapi <[email protected]> wrote: > Are you going for XPS L501X? Just don't go for that if you can't live > without linux. > > The configurations above 501x i.e 701x,etc. are fine as there is no > HYBRID-GRAPHICS i.e. intel graphics chip on board alongwith nVIDIA discrete > graphics. But don't go for the configurations below it, which has both > nVIDIA and intel. At present it is not possible to get graphics working on > those configuration with Linux. > Yo u should check once more if your configuration has intel > onboard graphics alongwith nvidia gpu. Visit this url : > http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1618801 and read the posts, i think > all your queries should be solved. > > BTW, i'm using xps l501x-i5460m,4gb,nvidia 420m 1gb and am not able to get > nvidia card working in Ubuntu. Also the sound does not work in older > versions of ubuntu. > > Best, > > On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 10:07 PM, Rahul Ramesh <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hi All, >> >> I'm planning to buy a Dell XPS laptop, with the following configuration. >> >> Intel® Core™ i7-740QM Processor(1.73GHz,4Core/8Threads,turbo boost up to >> 2.93Ghz,6M cache) >> Memory 4GB 1333MHz DDR3 SDRAM >> 2GB NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 425M >> >> Does anyone own a XPS with the following configuration? Are there any know >> issues with Linux usage or installation on XPS? >> >> Any help is appreciated. >> >> Regards, >> Rahul >> >> -- >> LUG@IITD - http://lug-iitd.org/Footer > > -- > LUG@IITD - http://lug-iitd.org/Footer > -- LUG@IITD - http://lug-iitd.org/Footer
