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Regarding the NM2160 video chipset. If you want to run X in Linux, you can always buy Xi Graphic's excellent Accelerated X (LX laptop version) for around $200. No, it isn't free like XFree86, but if you're going to plunk down $3-5k on a high-end laptop, another $200 probably won't kill you. It also generally yields significantly higher-performance and better color depth support compared with XFree86. I guess people have a thing about spending a single cent on anything having to do with Linux. I don't really understand that. It is too bad that NeoMagic doesn't release information so that XFree86 will support it, but it shouldn't keep you from running Linux on one of these machines. I'm just a very happy Accelerated X customer. --Lee Hetherington TP770...soon to be replaced by TP600 :-)