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[Albert Vilella <avilella@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Eric,

Have you got any more details on this? I would write an entry on the
blog about it.

On Mon, Dec 26, 2011 at 4:44 PM, Eric Appleman <erappleman@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> AFAIK, the Y570's GPU is now "supported" by recent official Nvidia drivers
> for both Windows and Linux. That wasn't the case when it when it first came
> out.
>
>
> On 12/26/2011 09:18 AM, Bruno Pagani wrote:
>>
>> Any machine that is supported by nVidia driver is supported normally.
>>
>> The problem is to know which ones they are, and effectively, we've seen
>> some problems with Lenovo ones.
>>
>> Le 26/12/2011 15:12, Simon Sheehan a écrit :
>>>
>>>
>>> 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
>>> <mailto: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
>>>> <mailto: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 <mailto: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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