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Anonymous · 2015-11-19 03:46

I've been eying a T420 with Nvidia graphics as an upgrade to my shitty
MBP. Any reasons not to? Gonna be dual booting Arch and Windows, and
doing some light to moderate gaming.

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Anonymous · 2015-11-19 09:03

>Any reasons not to?
yes nvidia offers no free drivers so you should avoid them like the
plague.
you should also avoid windows and install a fsf approved GNU/Linux
distribution.

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Anonymous · 2015-11-19 16:15

Why nvidia? Are you doing cuda stuff?

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Anonymous · 2015-11-19 17:25

>>14012
I need a tough laptop that can run csgo and skyrim for like $300. The
fact that it can support up to 3 drives means I can play with linux
>>14004
No free drivers? What?

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Anonymous · 2015-11-19 17:37

>>14016
The nvidia drivers are non-free. Nouveau doesn't really perform
amazingly for gaymen.

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Anonymous · 2015-11-19 18:05

>>14016
Sounds like a good purchase for $300. Go for it OP. In linux you will
need to use the Not-Open Source Drivers for your video card if you
want to game. It's no big deal though. Which MBP did you have?

Godspeed.

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Anonymous · 2015-11-19 18:06

>>14016
When they say non-free they don't mean they're costly, they mean they
aren't open source and freely-editable and distrutable.

Technically AMD is a little more open, but if you're not really all
that worried about using open source entirely, sounds like a steal for
300$.