On Jul 11, 2006, at 9:31 PM, DJA wrote:
BTW, I think it's a bit inconsistent to chide nVidia for supplying a closed source driver for Linux while at the same time recommending Apple which is also uses some closed source drivers - including nVidia's.
I really wasn't trying to make any sort of statement with my recommendations. I was giving what I thought to be a fair description of the ups and downs of all three video choices, ensuring I covered the points which might be of concern to a Linux user.
After that, I offered one of Apple's products as a suggestion because it fit the description - the features that were requested at the price point desired. As I stated to you later, most laptops made today contain the same mix of components inside, so the issues of openness are pretty much the same regardless of manufacturer or OS choice. I happen to think that Apple laptops carry one additional benefit over their hardware brothers made by Dell and other Windows- focused manufacturers - they can run OS X. So with a Dell you get the choices of 1) Windows; 2) Linux. With an Apple you can choose between 1) Windows; 2) Linux; 3) OS X.
And as it turns out, the MacBook I recommended has the most open hardware I believe currently available - the wireless chipset is an Atheros, nicely supported by the madwifi project, and as I noted in the last email to Andy, the GMA950 has a full set of open source DRI drivers available.
Hope that clears things up. :) -- Joshua Penix http://www.binarytribe.com Binary Tribe Linux Integration Services & Network Consulting -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
