Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2016 11:11:49 -0700 From: David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: advice for buying a laptop Message-ID: <57619A65.5030801@holgerdanske.com> In-Reply-To: <njs1mo$tjd$1@ger.gmane.org> References: <nj9kmu$7r8$1@ger.gmane.org> <57586E36.40509@holgerdanske.com> <njbt5o$pk6$4@ger.gmane.org> <5759E44E.1020402@holgerdanske.com> <njs1mo$tjd$1@ger.gmane.org>
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On 06/15/2016 10:02 AM, Christian Baer wrote: > On 06/09/16 23:49, David Christensen wrote: >> I have a Dell Inspiron E1505 that I bought in 2007. Mine came with a >> 32-bit processor, and, as best I could tell, they all did. I wanted >> 64-bit. So, I started looking for a replacement laptop. STFW I found >> out that certain later model 64-bit Core Duo processors were known to >> work in that laptop. I bought a Intel Core Duo T7400, installed it, and >> it works. > > Ok, that is a way of doing it, I guess. Could you also enlarge the RAM > to really profit from the 64 bit CPU? I upgraded the RAM to 2 @ 1 GB modules several years ago, which was the Dell specified maximum. (STFW there are rumors that 2 @ 2 GB works.) There are other aspects that I'd like to improve, but I've reached the point of diminishing returns. The laptop works well enough for e-mail, browsing, office applications, and light tinkering, so I just keep using it. > So what you are saying is that nVidia Chips will work fine with the > drivers provided by nVidia but I am at the mercy of them, should they > decide to drop the support? The NVIDIA drivers should work with the hardware and software systems NVIDIA has designed and tested them for. If/ when you find yourself outside that scope of support, then your NVIDIA hardware cannot be expected to work. David
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