Read my posts again. The problems I just described happened about a month ago.
Weird.. Not sure how I misread that... :confused:
Anyway, if you're installing new, you don't want "nv"..
You want to install the driver from NVidia.
(Which is what you would do with a Windows box.)
Once you do that, you get the NVidia driver; and kernel updates automatically update the NVidia driver when needed...
And judging by the comments on the Windows forums and the people I know who have tried it, you still have similar driver issues with Windows latest releases.
Mac has always had the advantage of supporting a much smaller hardware base, so driver compatibility is easier for them...
The sound issue is a pain. Just looked it up.. I was using Gnome, so didn't come across those issues...
desiv