I gave you two "practical suggestions": 1) try the latest driver (and I
pointed you the easiest way to do so) and 2) if it does not work, contact the
developers of these drivers. If you want a third piece of advice: help them.
As for "the ones who have the most money who can best afford to be free,
because they can pick and choose their hardware to fit their favourite
operating systems.", it does not match reality. Check out the prices at
ThinkPenguin. And I believe that people in the distress you describe do not
care much about a noisy fan...
By the way I love the hypocrisy of this sentence: "So, if all you can do is
lecture people who want a solution...". Is it better to lecture people trying
to help you?
