Hi,

Currently I run a Dell Inspiron 8600 with a 32mb Nvidia Go5200 card and 512mb of memory. Decent machine; I specifically spec'ed it out about 2 years ago.

Now due to events in my company (needing laptops for training purposes) I've been asked to go get a new laptop.

So I started to spec out a new laptop based on the following:

1) Needing to run a copy of Windows Vista
2) Need to run Linux as a dual boot.

So my choices were either: 1) 64-bit processor
2) Duo Core processors

Since Dell doesn't carry 64-bit in a laptop currently, I decided Duo Core was more feasible.

However, one of the requirements to run Linux is that I need a Nvidia Graphics card. ATI cards are generally not supported in Linux well, so I didn't want an ATI card.

Well, I've been looking, and Dell doesn't carry Duo Core with Nvidia cards; only with ATI cards (Radeon X1400 to be exact).

Does anyone know of a Dell model that carries Duo Core with a Nvidia card, or does anyone know what needs to be done to get the X1400 working in Linux?

Otherwise I may have to go find another vendor to get this thing.