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[ubuntu] Laptop buying advice - integrated graphics vs. Nvidia

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http://ubuntuforums.org – Hey, just would like to know people's opinions here. I've never bought a laptop before, or a pre-built computer (only ever built my own towers), so I have a few questions. 1) Is it worthwhile to mess with Nvidia graphics drivers and graphic card switching, etc..., on a Linux laptop? Is the performance increase huge, hows the battery life, etc... Obviously things are much simpler with Intel only graphics, so this is a pretty broad question and I'd like opinions. I don't need discrete graphics per se (but if I could get them to work I wouldn't mind them). 2) How reliable are mobile g (Hardware)