Agree with the chuckle, but the Inspiron 7000 has
the ATI Rage Pro LT, *not* a Neomagic chip.
As far as I know, the ATI LT chip is not yet supported
by XF86.
I don't consider $160 to be that much money given the
performance I'm getting.
raistlin wrote:
> *Chuckle* I think the idea of an easy install, linux, and a laptop is an
> oximoron, but we won't go there..>:)
>
> Actualy, let me put it this way...I don't think you HAVE to spend the money
> on the Xserver, I've heard many good reports on RedHat's Neomagic Xserver.
> It WILL probably be a bit harder to install than the standard $160
> package, but it's worth it to go through a little more hastle to save $160.
> As far as NT goes, whether it's a hack or not (and I stand corrected, let
> me put it this way, Dell doesn't support NT on inspirons..but NT can be
> installed on it, to possibly good results. I just have a stricter
> definition of hack than most...if I have to spend extra money or especialy
> install drivers for a completely different machine to get it to work, I
> define it as a hack..:) ) I'm not sure if you should canel your order or
> not...but I'm not sure I would before that 30 day period...inspirions are
> great laptops, it's just their support for anything but win95 or win98
> sucks big.
>
> Douglas Wagner
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Van Ammers, Marnix [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, October 08, 1998 5:52 PM
> To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
> Subject: Should I cancel my i7K order?
>
> Looking for recommended Linux laptops.
>
> Geez,
>
> After listening to this group for about a week I'm worried about having
> ordered an inspiron 7000 about 10 days ago.
>
> I wanted to be able to run Win95 and linux for sure and maybe NT. But I
> understand the i7K has a winmodem which won't work in linux. Then I heard
> you need to buy a $160 X server to get X working. And now I hear NT is
> (almost) a hack to get working.
>
> I understand I have 30 days after my i7K order arrives during which I can
> decide to return it for a refund. So I suppose I could cancel the order
> now
> if I find something more suitable to my needs.
>
> Do any of you have recommendations for a nice laptop (at least 14.1" XGA
> TFT
> screen, 64Mb RAM, 4Gb Hd, 56K modem, good sound, good graphics) which works
> very well and very easily with Linux and which will also work win win98 and
> NT?
>
> Marnix A. van Ammers
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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