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How well do laptops with Nvidia Optimus work?

I just got a new laptop, installed Ubuntu 12.10 and am trying to install proprietary nvidia drivers. Once I understood the change from jockey, I did a fresh install and followed these instructions:

http://techhamlet.com/2012/11/install-nvidia-drivers-in-ubuntu-12-10/

But when I do, Unity crashes on startup.

My hardware on lspci | grep VGA is as follows

00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller (rev 09)

01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GK107 [GeForce GT 650M] (rev a1)

I've followed a couple of nvidia 12.10 tutorials on Google but none have helped. Can I get any specific advice?

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    what is your nvidia hardware? is it optimus enabled? post result of lspci | grep VGA – Web-E Nov 28 '12 at 10:33
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    See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bumblebee – user68186 Nov 28 '12 at 17:00
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    You should get bumblebee. – Web-E Nov 28 '12 at 17:33
  • I have just followed the instructions on Bumblebee and nvidia-current is now installed but as far as I can tell Ubuntu still isn't using it. nvidia-settings says You do not appear to be using the NVIDIA X driver etc.

    What do I do now?

     – Gausie Nov 28 '12 at 20:24

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