Originally posted by blackiwid
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But you're right the mobo on this laptop died last year and I replaced it for $40 when I could have just bought a new laptop.. It's lots cheaper than buying a new laptop, but I do plan to buy a new laptop eventually.. I just really don't need faster hardware than what I have now in this laptop.. I use my laptop to do what I need to do, and nothing more... I have tons of other computers for other purposes and appropriate hardware to match what I use them for, some of which are high end PCs but I still use this laptop a lot.. I don't like to keep one or two PCs for everything because I never know when my motherboard is going to suddenly die, and I never know if somebody might steal my luggage. I keep a lot of PCs, and if one goes down or gets stolen, I just pick up another and it doesn't even ruin my day..
Only reason why I mention this laptop so much is because it's the only one I've got running open source drivers (and relevant to the thread)... And it's running open source drivers primarily because there is no other/better option for it.
Edit: My Mobility X700 can still beat the snot out of the best of Intel's graphics solutions that are out today... 5 years later... It might be old, but it's certainly not obsolete.
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