Would you recommend the product? yes | Price you paid? (in USD): $1,000.00 | Rating: 8
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Kernel (uname -r):
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2.6.24.5/2.6.26
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Distribution:
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Slackware 12.1
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Good laptop for those who are not afraid of stuff not working out of the box.
What's ok:
Video Card doesn't work with ati driver - 2D acceleration is awful. The radeon driver works ok in 2D (scrolling is smooth, movies are played ok), but forget about 3D. Fglrx is a piece of crap as of now; patching is required to install it on 2.6.26 and regardless of kernel it can hang X server anytime.
HD Audio works after editing /etc/modprobe.d/sound.
Webcam works with uvcvideo driver, even though it's not included in the supported hardware list.
Wireless works perfectly with 3752 madwifi snapshot. Ath5k loads modules properly, but can't find any networks, so it's useless.
Card reader is the only media device that works flawless out of the box :D
What's not ok:
Ethernet card. Shows up as Gigabit in lspci. Ethtool says it's 10/100. Mii-tool shows 1Gbit capable and 100Mbit advertised. Finally, Windows drivers show 100 Mbit connection, so overall it's little confusing. The problem is - card doesn't work on any gigabit switch at all. It negotiates at 1Gbit (it can't be cut down wit any tool), shows link up, but doesn't send or receive any packets. The workaround is to carry small 100Mbit switch and a cable.
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