Features/switchablegraphics

= Feature Name =

Switchable Graphics

Summary
take advantage of runtime switchable laptop computer graphics.

Owner

 * Name: hellozt

Current status

 * Targeted release: Fedora 14
 * Last updated: 11/11/09
 * Percentage of completion: 0%

Detailed Description
Lenovo is now producing computers that have a integrated graphics card and a discrete graphics card. In most cases computers need to be restarted and have the BIOS settings changed to swap between cards. However users running Microsoft Vista or 7 can switch during runtime though. This allows users of Fedora to also switch during runtime

Benefit to Fedora
Allows users of Fedora to take advantage of hardware features without a full restart.

Use Cases

 * Frank wants to have a longer battery life and switch to his integrated graphics card
 * John wants to use higher graphics settings and switch to his discrete graphics card