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I've an IBM/Lenovo T60p with:<br>
- ATI Mobility FireGL V5200 (Using the default Open Source radeon driver)<br>
- 15" UXGA display<br>
- Intel Centrino Duo processor (T2400)<br>
- 2GB RAM<br>
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This is generally an outstanding laptop under Linux. Everything works
wonderfully (Verizon Mobile Broadband, Dual-Head, Suspend/Resume, WiFi,
Bluetooth, special keys and thinklight, etc).<br>
<br>
The only real problem is terrible 2D performance in some applications:<br>
- VNC sessions (through Vinagre and through other VNC clients)<br>
- Cadence Virtuoso XL Layout (an integrated circuit CAD application)<br>
- YouTube (flash) videos<br>
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The big ones for me are VNC and Cadence, as these are the tools I use
for work. If I dual-boot into Windows XP and use VNC the speed is fine.
Note that Youtube (flash) videos are fine in XP as well.<br>
<br>
The VNC slowness occurs regardless of the VNC server I'm connected to
(Windows, Mac, Linux) and is very bad (the screen 'paints', from top to
bottom, in about 2 seconds, when there is a large display change).<br>
<br>
Most users questions seem to concentrate on 3D performance, and in this arena
I have no complaints. Compiz works great and I don't play 3D games on
this laptop.<br>
<br>
I hate booting Windows XP to get work done <img src="http://ubuntuforums.org/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif" alt="" title="Smile" class="inlineimg" border="0"><br>
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Thanks in advance.....<br>
<br>
James</div>
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