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Date:      Wed, 3 Mar 2010 10:36:52 -0500
From:      William Bulley <web@umich.edu>
To:        Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com>
Cc:        Aaron Lewis <aaron.lewis1989@gmail.com>, Andreas Davour <ante@Update.UU.SE>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Suitable laptop for FreeBSD?
Message-ID:  <20100303153652.GE43700@itcom245.staff.itd.umich.edu>

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According to Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> on Wed, 03/03/10 at 10:30:
> 
> Umm... that's incorrect.  Maybe you mean ATI doesn't supply closed 
> drivers for FreeBSD (although they do have Linux drivers, I think).
> 
> xorg's open xf86-video-ati driver supports ATI video cards, including 
> the Radeon Mobility cards in two notebooks I've tested.
> 
> >Well , i'm on ThinkPad R400 , ATI Mobile HD 3400 and an integrated Video 
> >Card FBSD doesn't boot when i switched to ATI Video card.
> 
> Are you saying the R400 has both integrated and discrete video cards? 
> Lenovo's web site doesn't seem very oriented to telling potential 
> customers details about their newer computers.

I think yes.  At least in my case.  I have a T500 and it came with
both integrated Intel video plus an additional ATI mini-card.  I don't
recall if there was an Nvidia video choice.

Regards,

web...

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William Bulley                     Email: web@umich.edu

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