On Tue, 5 Jun 2007 eculp_at_encontacto.net wrote: > Quoting "Kenneth P. Stox" <ken_at_stox.org>: > >> On Tue, 2007-06-05 at 11:40 -0500, eculp_at_encontacto.net wrote: >>> I also had the idea that AMD had purchased a chunk of nvidia >>> which made the decision make even more sense to me. >> >> AMD bought ATI, not NVidia. > > Thanks Kenneth, but now I am confused. Why would all the AMD64 laptops that > I've been looking at have nvidia video? Doesn't matter. I would assume that > xorg would work with ATI, going to double check with HP to confirm which the > laptop has, I know I am not crazy about HP either but at least they have > service where I am. > > Thanks again, > > ed Business contracts. HP probably gets ATI cheaper on bulk compared to nVidia. The ATI / AMD merge happened in the past 5 months too, so it's not going to affect purchasing for a while I think.. Lenovo (formerly IBM) is still selling ATI card in their laptops even though they do house their hardware with Intel CPUs and chipsets. -GarrettReceived on Tue Jun 05 2007 - 20:26:43 UTC
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