Would you recommend the product? yes | Price you paid? (in USD): None indicated | Rating: 8
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Kernel (uname -r):
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2.6.13-15.8-default
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Distribution:
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OpenSuSE 10
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I have the WLCi which just means it's WXGA, 1280x800 screen resolution. Specs are the same otherwise.
Only problems with installation were the network card didn't work initially. I had to add acpi=noirq to my grub configuration.
There is a linux driver for the Broadcom chip in it, I've not tried it yet. Ndiswrapper has been somewhat successful, it can detect the network but I've not been able to use it yet.
There is NO 3D support for the MX760G SIS Chipset. I bought this laptop for work, not for fun though. I did allocate only 32 mb of memory to the video. I did have some issues with scrolling quickly but upgrading Firefox to 1.5 fixed that.
Aside from those issues, I dislike the placement of the ports. Everything is on the right side or on the front. Quite inconvienent for me using a trackball mouse on the right side of the computer.
Those are just minor issues for a laptop I only paid $550 for though. Upgraded the RAM with 512 more on top of the standard 256. Quite pleased with the performance of it.
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