I've been surfing around since I might be interested in an additional laptop (for school).
Anyway, I came around this 8600M / 8400M are faulty
Needless to say, I don't fancy my study laptop blowing up on me after... say 6 months or 1 year.
(This includes the Macbook Pro, btw)
Anyway, I was looking on stuff like the Dell Studio 17 line which has a Mobility Radeon 3650 which manages to beat the 8600M performance-wise in Windows.
Now. I'll be going to an IT University and so I'll likely be using windows to some extent. But I _really_ prefer having Linux on my laptops as well (in fact, right now I only ever use XP for LAN's, and I never use Vista).
So.. My question is.. Are ATI completely disregarding their mobile line or are there plans to give these lines some love ?
I'm aware of the lackluster performance under Wine, although all I'd wish it proper resolution, compiz and video playback (windowed and fullscreen) in Linux.
If I cannot get this, I think I'll have to skip this round..
Anyway, I came around this 8600M / 8400M are faulty
Needless to say, I don't fancy my study laptop blowing up on me after... say 6 months or 1 year.
(This includes the Macbook Pro, btw)
Anyway, I was looking on stuff like the Dell Studio 17 line which has a Mobility Radeon 3650 which manages to beat the 8600M performance-wise in Windows.
Now. I'll be going to an IT University and so I'll likely be using windows to some extent. But I _really_ prefer having Linux on my laptops as well (in fact, right now I only ever use XP for LAN's, and I never use Vista).
So.. My question is.. Are ATI completely disregarding their mobile line or are there plans to give these lines some love ?
I'm aware of the lackluster performance under Wine, although all I'd wish it proper resolution, compiz and video playback (windowed and fullscreen) in Linux.
If I cannot get this, I think I'll have to skip this round..
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