On Tue, 2008-04-29 at 18:28 -0700, Edward O'Callaghan wrote: > -1 for Vaio (avoid them!) > Many BIOS bugs and ACPI issues etc.. > > I'm considering the IBM Lenovo IdeaPad Y510-x00 or the Y710 series. As > they have a good build Q and good FSB speed with good support, and > with the ATi RadeonHD driver coming in the next build (88) its well > worth considering the Y710 series > > Review here: > http://www.ubergizmo.com/15/archives/2008/01/lenovo_ideapad_y510_y710.html > > Y510: > http://www-07.ibm.com/lenovoinfo/au/ideas/yseries/y510.html > Y710: > http://www-07.ibm.com/lenovoinfo/au/ideas/yseries/y710.html > > I am told that they are a OEM for Solaris ?? Maybe they will ship it with > Solaris ?
I was tempted to purchase a laptop with a Radeon HD graphics card, but given the crap-o-la nature of the driver, I'd sooner stick with the devil I know (Nvidia) than the one I don't (AMD). OEM - I'd say thats only for their servers; IBM same situation, although there are rumours that IBM maybe pushing their commodity servers out to Lenovo due to the lack of margins and cut throat competition. Matthew
