On Fri, Jun 16, 2000 at 11:35:01AM -0700, Sudhakar Chandra wrote:
>
> Do notebooks have AGP? I thought AGP was a desktop thing.
>
nah... notebooks've been doing AGP for a while... the ATI 128 mobility is one
of the fastest cruisers on OpenGL, in notebooks. It's been available for the
powerbook for quite some time now, but they're soon releasing a PC version.
I simply adore the Mac, i hope i can buy one sometime...
Nikhil.
> You would be able to run Linux on the laptop for sure. But not all the
> devices might work. Especially the graphics card (for doing X) and sound
> card.
>
Most of the gfx cards are just std. gfx cards tweaked to draw less power, so
if the card works on a desktop, it works on the laptop too... no probs in
that area. same thing goes for the sound card too... my laptop has a C&T gfx
card, with ESS 1868 card, and Linux is a breeze on it.
> Find out which exact chips / chipsets are on the laptop and search the web
> to find out if they are supported before buying the laptop.
>
or hack a driver yourselves! ;>
Nikhil.
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