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Re: Anyone using a vpcz11x9e

 

The first Z was actually released 2008. Another aproach would be
"VGNZ" and "VPCZ", although they might keep the VPC structure for
coming generations.
br,
    Patrick

On 18 March 2010 21:00, Albert Vilella <avilella@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Just to clarify about the z-series naming, I would call "z-series09":
> the first generation z-series, and "z-series10" to the second
> generation.
>
> On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 6:54 PM, Alexei Pashkovsky <alexei@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Hi Jason,
>>
>> the cold-boot gfx switching procedure works for switching between
>> Nvidia-only and "both enabled" mode.
>> So far I did not find a way to boot into Linux with Intel card only, and
>> Nvidia disabled.
>> You can use Intel card, but Nvidia is still in lspci list and it still
>> drains the battery, even not in use.
>> One of the really fun-killing problems is the fan noise, you can't stop
>> the fan completely, it always works, and I prefer silent laptops like
>> all the new CULV series ..
>> The only way I see Z-series being fixed is Sony to release EFI-based
>> opensource bios for it so someone smarter than sony monkeys will hack it
>> to work.
>> The current implementation of dual gfx cards in Z is very "custom made"
>> and has nothing to do with other solutions like ATI+Intel that is well
>> supported by linux..
>> Alexei.
>>
>>
>> On Thu, 2010-03-18 at 14:43 -0400, ravenskrag@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
>>> On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 12:04 PM, Alexei Pashkovsky <alexei@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> > So far I did not see a single operating system that would run on this
>>> > laptop 100%, every OS has its "issues" :
>>> > Linux can't switch gfx cards and Nvidia card drains the battery.
>>> > WinXP won't switch gfx neither, and also brightness controls are not
>>> > working.
>>> > WinVista - not going to even start the list of problems.
>>> > Win7 - gfx switch, battery issues, random crashes and reboots.
>>> > In addition, the built-in webcam is a really bad one, with shady colors
>>> > and no focus at all.
>>> >
>>> > Alexei.
>>> Hey there,
>>>
>>> Little bit of nit picking here, but you can switch graphics cards on
>>> Linux, but you need to shut down, there is no hot switching support.
>>> I believe the same case is true for XP.  I also believe that there is
>>> something to get the brightness to work on XP.  Correct me if I am
>>> wrong.  Also, the NVidia card takes more power as it is a dedicated
>>> card, and thus, of course, will drain the battery more than the
>>> integrated card.
>>>
>>> I agree though that the 185 NVidia linux drivers sap more power than
>>> is sometimes necessary, as there is no power saving mode, only a
>>> performance mode.  The newer drivers seem to solve this problem, but
>>> the janitor does not install the 32-bit libs on a 64-bit system, which
>>> is only a problem if you use WINE.  I assume that other 32 programs
>>> may also be affected.  If that is not a problem for you (and if you
>>> don't know what I'm talking about then you are most likely in that
>>> category) then go ahead and use the janitor and pick the FTP download
>>> - that's what I would do if I could let go of my desire to play
>>> commercial games without windows.
>>>
>>> Vista just has problems in general.  That's what you get when you
>>> sacrifice backwards compatibility.  That's my view on it anyway.  I
>>> don't want to go there, and yes, I do use vista myself.
>>>
>>> Another note, as of yet I believe you still can not use W7 and Linux
>>> on the same computer.
>>>
>>> Jason
>>
>>
>>
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