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On Sun, 5 Oct 1997 20:05:21 +0200 (MEST), Christoph Eyrich wrote: >On Sun, 5 Oct 1997, Kendall Don Chenoweth wrote: > >> I am considoring getting a thinkpad 38x. Does anybody have one or have >> heard of anything about this model? >> >> I am going to be running linux, so I want a machine with lots of RAM, a > > >The 380 features a Neomagic chip. As the manufacturer does not care >about Linux (have a look at their web page...) and does not release any >specifications (as to this question they even don't answer email...) you >have to buy the Accelerated X-server by Xinside. It's about 100 US$ >more than the desktop version, with less functionality (that is, if you >use a docking station with a desktop graphics card you can't use the >Xinside server unless you also buy the desktop version.) In some cases >you will be able to run XFree with 16 colors but that isn't very useful >if you use applications such as xdvi. > >If there is an alternative, I certainly would never buy a machine with >this chip. (I have an HP Omnibook running Linux, the machine has this >chip, I bought the X-server...) > I hate it when manafacturers do that, or they are even chosen by IBM or another company, because they not only omit the Linux community, but the OS/2 community, and both seem to have some things in common. Just my 2 cents. Paul