Re: Recommendations for laptop for travelling

On Thu, 06 Sep 2007 15:43:15 +0000, Anton Ertl wrote:

General Schvantzkoph <schvantzkoph@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
For graphics either Nvidia or Intel. Nvidia is much faster but
you need the proprietary driver for 3D. The Intel kernel drivers support
3D. Your best bet would be a Core2 based laptop with Intel graphics and
Intel wireless (which is going to be the usual combination for a Core2).
You should avoid ATI graphics

I'm happy with my iBook and its Mobility Radeon 9200 (although it took
some time until it worked flawlessly). OTOH a collegue of mine has some
Apple laptop (IIRC a PowerBook) with some Nvidia graphics, and he does
not get out of it what he needs. IIRC the problem is that he does not
get clone mode (i.e. the same stuff displayed on the internal and the
external display). Oh, and Nvidia does not make proprietary drivers for
Linux-PPC.

- anton

PPC is no longer relevant, it's a thing of the past now that Apple has
switched to x86. I've been using Nvidia for years and I've never had a
problem, the Nvidia installer always works. My Compaq is using an older
Nvidia chipset, the 440GO which requires a legacy driver, but that's not
a problem since Nvidia continues to support it on the latest kernels. The
kernel driver, nv, is pretty good and that will work out of the box. ATI
treats Linux as a stepchild. Their Linux driver runs at half the speed as
their Windows driver, Nvidia's Linux driver is the same speed as the
Windows driver. The OP is looking for an ultralight so he is probably
best off with Intel graphics. Intel only offers low end graphics chips
right now, but that's what you would want in an ultralight.
.

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