linux friendly laptops

[Jonathan Jesse]

On Tuesday 02 May 2006 21:56, Greg Taylor wrote:
> Duncan Lithgow wrote:
> > The only useful things I've heard are that ATI have opensource drivers -
> > good, and I can see that HP have started selling laptops with linux on.
> > Is that a few extra points for HP?
>
> I would strongly recommend nVidia over ATI if you're wanting to run on a
> laptop. The ATI drivers are pretty shoddy in comparison to nVidia's
> Linux drivers and you're a lot more likely to be able to run things like
> Compiz/XGL at this point. There is also a lot more documentation around
> the net for Linux + nVidia because they have been traditionally more
> compatible cards.
>
> Take it as a grain of salt, but that's my opinion :)

I have had several Dell's, Latitudes and Inpsirons and they have all worked 
well right out of the box.

Jonathan