Re: AMD64-based laptops from HP/Compaq are crippled

From: Paul Rubin (//phr.cx_at_NOSPAM.invalid)
Date: 08/14/05 

Date: 14 Aug 2005 13:03:54 -0700

General Schvantzkoph <schvantzkoph@yahoo.com> writes:
> If you get an HP/Compaq and they are still using the Broadcom
> wireless chip (I bought mine a year ago) I'd recommend that you delete
> that option and buy a Linux compatible PCMCIA card.

I dunno about the Broadcom chip but they're now apparently using some
ATI video card that also has Linux driver issues. That's harder to
work around with a PCMCIA card.

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