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[Lekensteyn <lekensteyn@xxxxxxxxx>]

I have no recommendations for an Optimus laptop atm. If you want to make
use of the
discrete card, choose for laptops which have a BIOS option to choose for an
Optimus
setup or a discrete-only one. AFAIK, the Lenovo Thinkpad T520 is such a
laptop. If
you're shopping offline, you can always take a Live CD and try it yourself.

Regards,
Lekensteyn

On Mon, Dec 26, 2011 at 2:32 PM, Simon Sheehan <sheehan.simon19@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> I was particularly hoping to pick up on a decent boxing day sale today.
> Are there any particular laptops you might recommend that support Bumblebee
> and Optimus? I had particularly liked this machine for its features and
> price.
>
> Is there any sort of list available of machines that fully support it?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Simon
>
>
>
>
> On 2011-12-26, at 6:17 AM, Lekensteyn <lekensteyn@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Gary,
>
> I've digged in your tables, have a look at
> https://github.com/Bumblebee-Project/Bumblebee/issues/149#issuecomment-3273992
>
> Regards,
> Lekensteyn
>
> On Mon, Dec 26, 2011 at 9:58 AM, Gary Gatling <gsgatlin@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> My suggestion is do not buy a lenovo ideapad yet.
>>
>> https://github.com/Bumblebee-Project/Bumblebee/issues/53
>>
>> https://github.com/Bumblebee-Project/Bumblebee/issues/149
>>
>> https://github.com/MrMEEE/ironhide/issues/100
>>
>> Does not work at all with nvidia chip. I have a ideapad y470 but
>> reportedly it does not work even with nouveau drivers with Bumblebee.
>> Since nouveau doesn't even work on a Y470, Lenovo must be doing some really
>> weird stuff internally. Avoid like the plague.
>>
>> I have not seen anyone have success yet with an ideapad and post about it
>> on the web somewhere. I would be SOOO happy to be proven wrong about this
>> however. :)
>>
>>
>> http://forums.lenovo.com/t5/Linux-Discussion/Optimus-in-Linux-Ideapad-Y570/td-p/490107
>>
>>
>> http://forums.lenovo.com/t5/Linux-Discussion/Y570-There-are-no-drivers-for-GF-555-M-graphic-card/td-p/615631
>>
>>
>> http://forums.lenovo.com/t5/Linux-Discussion/Nvidia-driver-for-Y570/td-p/467713
>>
>> https://github.com/MrMEEE/bumblebee/issues/366
>>
>> Hope that helps. Cheers,
>>
>> On Sun, Dec 25, 2011 at 7:28 PM, Simon Sheehan <sheehan.simon19@xxxxxxxxx
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> Hello everyone, I was looking at purchasing a Lenovo Ideapad Y570. It
>>> appears to have Optimus, with the NVIDIA GeForce GT 555M 1GB.
>>>
>>> My friend has the same card, but on a Dell XPS 17. I wanted to confirm
>>> this would work on this Lenovo Model, before purchasing it and attempting
>>> to run GNU/Linux with the Optimus technology. Has anyone been able to
>>> confirm such findings?
>>>
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