"General Schvantzkoph" wrote in message
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| On Tue, 03 Aug 2004 21:56:19 -0400, Jason Cothran wrote:
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| "General Schvantzkoph" wrote in message
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| | On Tue, 03 Aug 2004 21:24:09 -0400, Jason Cothran wrote:
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| | "General Schvantzkoph" wrote in message
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| | | On Tue, 03 Aug 2004 06:29:40 +0000, Randy Howard wrote:
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| | | In article ,
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| | | says...
| | | I'm thinking about getting an HP zv5000z series notebook with
an
| Athlon
| | 64
| | | 3400+.
| | |
| | | Good choice.
| | |
| | | Does anyone in the NG have one of these, how do you like it?
| | |
| | | It's very nice, particularly as a portable 64-bit porting
platform.
| | |
| | | Also are there any Linux compatibility problems?
| | |
| | | It seems to run SuSE 9.1 Pro 64-bit without a hitch. I haven't
| | | tried any other distributions.
| | |
| | | One final question, I vaguely recall reading something about HP
| selling
| | | systems with a castrated AMD64 that only operated in 32 bit
mode.
| | |
| | | Sounds more like some of the early Intel EM64t "Nocona-ready"
boxes
| that
| | | are technically capable of 64-bit, but being sold with 32-bit
CPUs.
| | |
| | | Does anyone know if the processors in the zv5000z are proper
Athlon
| | 64s?
| | |
| | | The HP zv5000 is definitely 64-bit, but it only has one. :-)
| | |
| | | Only word of caution, DO NOT get the 1900xwhatever display.
It's
| way
| | too
| | | fine pitch for a 15.4 panel, even if you have perfect vision.
The
| | | 1600xwhatever option is much better and $100 less.
| | |
| | | Is there any support for the Broadcom wireless card? I was under
the
| | | impression that Broadcom is completely unsupported.
| | |
| |
| | Broadcom provides absolutely 0 support for their wireless cards.
They
| claim
| | it is the manufacturers' responsibilty since they don't make the
cards.
| As
| | of now, there are no 64-bit drivers for the Broadcom card. An email
from
| | Broadcom:
| |
| | Hi Jason,
| |
| | Thank you for contacting us and for your interest in Broadcom
| technology.
| | Broadcom does not sell products directly to end-users and is unable
| offer
| | comprehensive support for Broadcom's customers' products. If you are
| having
| | a particular problem with a Broadcom-based wireless product, please
| contact
| | the PC or wireless device manufacturer directly for support.
| |
| | Sincerely,
| | Danny Crouch
| |
| |
| | Have you tried the ndiswrapper around the windows driver? How well
does it
| | work?
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| It will work if you are running 32-bit Linux, but there are no 64-bit
| windows drivers to wrap to 64-bit Linux unfortunately.
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| Not even beta drivers to go with the beta version of 64 bit XP?
|
Unfortunately I have been unable to find them, and Broadcom is not willing
to share them with me if they are available.