It appears my might HP DV7-3085DX has died, physically. <momement-of-silence/> So I'm shopping for a replacement [17in+ screen, Intel i7, 6GB RAM]. I find a "Dell Inspiron 17R i17RN-4812BK" which is very cost effective. But the GPU listed is - "NVIDIA GeForce GT 525M with Optimus Technology" I really *strongly* prefer to use nouveau GPU support but the nouveau wiki states - "you may not be able to use the Nvidia GPU at all on Optimus laptops." And the NVC0 family (which contains the 525M) says: "All sorts of fun. Feature-wise it isn't too different but the architecture has changed a lot. These cards are generally working with the latest kernel and Mesa but may still have power management issues. It is recommended to use the Linux 3.1 kernel or newer (or a backported driver from this kernel). Note: GeForce 405 does not belong to this family. " Does anyone have any first-hand experience with this GPU / laptop / chipset (specifically with nouveau & openSUSE 12.1)? It appears this item rules the laptop out, which is sad.