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by grumps 4682 days ago
Mine has the nvidia...Its not to hard to work around.
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phaus 4682 days ago
If you don't mind me asking, which system do you have and do you find that the GPU drivers break frequently with updates?

I'm in the middle of trying to decide between Lenovo and Apple too.

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owlheart 4682 days ago
It isn't hard to use an optimus card with Debian or most other distros nowadays you just need to install bumblebee (wheezy-backports for debian) with that you get improved battery life.

I personally don't get GPU drivers breaking the computer but I don't use nvidias drivers I use nouveau but I also use Debian so a distro like Arch (which is more prone to packages breaking systems) might be much worse.

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grumps 4680 days ago
Sorry - I didn't see this comment. I'm running Debian Sid. I believe that have the Nvidia card disabled (in the BIOS). I haven't had a single issue with my Drivers.

I have a w520.

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