avoid Intel GMA 600 more than you avoid GMA 500

[D. Hugh Redelmeier]

I saw an open-box Atom-based HP tablet for a not-unreasonable price.  So I 
went to investigate what an HP Slate 2 Tablet is.

I found something that makes it very not interesting.  Its video chip is 
the Intel GMA 600.  That, like the infamous GMA 500, is based on the 
"PowerVR" from Imagination Technologies.  As such, Intel doesn't seem to 
be in control of the drivers.  But apparently the result is even worse 
that for the GMA 500.  Not only is Linux left in the lurch, but so is 
Win8, Android, and to a lesser extent, even Win7.

Read message 7 in this thread <http://communities.intel.com/thread/29943>

It suggests that Apple has some sort of exclusive license that precludes 
anything getting better for the GMA 600.  Of course such agreements are 
confidential, but the behaviour of Intel seems to support this guess.
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