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Does anyone have any additional information specifically addressing video 
drivers on the Dell Latitude?  I am also looking at buying a Dell but 
need to make sure that it will support 800x600x256 under OS/2.

Any information appreciated.

Thanks

Dan

djbpitt+@pitt.edu says...
>
>I've been looking at the Dell Latitude XPiCD M166ST and its Winbook
>counterpart as possible OS/2 (Merlin) machines, but a DejaNews search
>revealed problems with both. These included a lack of PCMCIA drivers,
>difficulty getting better-than-VGA video driver support, and, for 
Winbook,
>a serious installation conundrum that resulted from a single bay for a
>swappable CD-ROM or floppy, with no hot swap support, while OS/2
>required that both CD-ROM and floppy drives be available simultaneously.
>But people tend to report dissatisfaction more often than success, and
>perhaps others have found solutions to these problems.
>
>So: Is anyone out there currently running OS/2 on either Dell or Winbook
>portables? Are there any problems? Are there any insurmountable 
problems?
>The sales folks at Dell say "we don't know whether OS/2 runs on our 
hardware
>and we don't care." The folks at Winbook say "sure, no problem," but my 
last
>notebook purchase (different company) involved a sales person who said 
the
>same thing, and it was only when I needed to call technical support 
after
>making the purchase that I was told that the salesperson "must have
>misunderstood".
>
>I'm open to other suggestions, if someone has had good experiences with 
other
>notebooks.
>
>Thanks,
>
>David
>