Hi Nick, I presume it has power-saving features because Apple claims the new MBP has as long a battery life as the MacBook (they say 6 hrs which probably means 4.5 hrs realistically). The main point for me is that nvidia has much better drivers for Linux than ATI does. They were discussed on phoronix at some point where it was mentioned that the performance of the nvidia cards in Linux is comparable to (and even better on some tests) its performance in Windows whereas the ATI cards score only about half as well on Linux as they do on Windows. I don't need great performance but this just an indicator of the much better quality of the Nvidia drivers (though they're still closed source so intel is the only morally decent graphics cards provider).
I'm still going to wait for someone who actually gets one of these to report on how well they work under linux. cheers, Sheer On 6/5/07, Nick Hoffman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 05/06/07, Sheer El-Showk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hey All, > > > > I've got a new idea to solve my Linux woes. The new MBPs that just > > came out today use Nvidia graphics cards. I am now seriously plotting > > to somehow sell this one, eat the loss (hopefully not too much), and > > get a new one with an NVidia card. > > > > I'd love to hear from anyone who gets one of the new ones (probably > > not for a week or two at least) to see if they have any other linux > > compatibility issues. > > > > cheers, > > Sheer > > i know nothing about video cards, so apologies if the answers to these > questions are common knowledge. does the nVidia GeForce 8600M GT (which > comes in the new 15-inch MBP) ... > -have power-saving features? > -consume less power than the Radeon Mobility X1600? > -have usable, stable drivers? > > > cheers, > Nick > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ Mactel-linux-users mailing list Mactel-linux-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mactel-linux-users
