m.nuttall@??? wrote:
> Quoting "Simon Reap (work)" <Simon.Reap@???>:
>
>> I recently did a test install of Mandriva 2007 on an X40
>
> What specs did the x40 have?
>
> Was it noticabley slower than modern hardware?
>
> did you tweak it to run better?
>
>
No, just left it as-installed (I was only seeing whether it worked).
It's a 1.4GHz Pentium M with 1GB RAM. Seems to run very quickly,
certainly faster than the previously installed XP.
>> and it all went swimmingly - it detected the wireless, it coped with
>> the DVD drive being on the docking station, the nipple-mouse works
>> fine.
>
> So all the hardware was detected okay then?
>
Yes, all hardware detected. Video was the most surprising - I thought
it was pretty lame on XP but Compiz really showed what it was capable of.
Simon
