Acer Aspire 3000 Re: [nzlug] Old Kernels

[Simon Bridge]

On Mon, 2006-07-17 at 10:44 +1200, Dirk Pilat wrote:
> G'day all,
> 
> sorry to fill your inbox with a n00b question.
> 
> Running Ubuntu  Dapper on a rather rubbish Acer Aspire 3000 that sports 
> a Sempron 3100 (and has the worst on-board graphics ever. Avoid!)

That seems a tad strong - this is my lappy and I am quite happy with it
now ACPI is working (Still breezy - upgrade when I get to do the
backup). OK, so the SiS graphics card isn't 3D accelerated ... but I
don't expect this for $900 (new). I guess it just depends what you're
used to. (BTW: it goes better under ubuntu than it ever did under the XP
it came with.)

OTOH: I've had issues with the "better" video card in the desktop
machine (now deceased).

Just 2c.
Simon