From: Paul Hartman <paul.hartman+gentoo@gmail.com>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Dell XPS16 for Christmas?
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2009 10:52:39 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <58965d8a0911160852x1508fe36sb247a7fbbe332efb@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200911151840.02343.michaelkintzios@gmail.com>
On Sun, Nov 15, 2009 at 12:39 PM, Mick <michaelkintzios@gmail.com> wrote:
> I have been thinking of buying this laptop and was looking at the Gentoo Wiki
> which shows relatively good hardware compatibility, except for the radeon card
> which is now an older offering:
>
> http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Dell_Studio_XPS_16
>
> The current spec on the UK Dell website shows 1GB ATI® Radeon™ HD 4670 (see
> below).
> ================================================================
> PROCESSOR: Intel® Core™ i7 Processor 720QM (1.60Ghz, 6MB cache)
> LCD: Black Leather back cover : 15.6" (inch) Truelife 1080p Full HD WLED Edge
> to Edge Display
> MEMORY: 4096MB 1333MHz Dual Channel DDR3 SDRAM [2x2048]
> HARD DRIVE: 500GB (7,200rpm) Free Fall Sensor Hard Drive
> PRIMARY BATTERY: 9-cell 85Whr Lithium Ion battery
> OPTICAL DRIVE: Internal Blu-Ray ROM (Blu-Ray read, DVD and CD read & Write)
> Optical Drive
> GRAPHICS CARD: 1GB ATI® Radeon™ HD 4670 graphics card
> WIRELESS CONNECTIVITY: Dell Wireless 1397 Mini Card (802.11 b/g)
> BLUETOOTH: Dell Wireless 370 Bluetooth Module
> ================================================================
>
> According to these links the RadeonHD driver is experimental:
> http://wiki.x.org/wiki/radeon
> http://wiki.x.org/wiki/radeonhd%3Aexperimental_3D
>
> Does anyone have experience with this driver, or better yet, this laptop?
> Shall I buy or shall I shy away from it?
I don't have one (I wish!) but after a quick googling it looks like
ATI Catalyst drivers support the graphics chip and the wireless is a
BCM4312 chipset. I think the rest of it should be pretty standard
stuff.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-11-16 18:01 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-11-15 18:39 [gentoo-user] [OT] Dell XPS16 for Christmas? Mick
2009-11-16 16:52 ` Paul Hartman [this message]
2009-11-20 8:33 ` J. Roeleveld
2009-11-20 12:16 ` Mick
2009-11-20 16:43 ` Paul Hartman
2009-11-20 17:33 ` J. Roeleveld
2009-11-20 19:40 ` Stroller
2009-11-21 8:55 ` Mick
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