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Posted by Matt on May 20, 2005, 2:20 pm
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I'm looking for a laptop to dual boot Linux and XP. I'll try to list my
requirements:
* can run OpenGL efficiently (so I guess it should have nVidia graphics,
and not onboard graphics)
* can use an external monitor with it
* is reliable, low maintenance
* has minimal setup issues under Linux
* has good battery life, handles power management correctly, power
efficiency comparable to Pentium-M or Celeron-M
* has low cost
I don't need enormous computing power, just something that works and is
easy to work with.
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Posted by secret squiddle on May 20, 2005, 3:42 pm
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> I'm looking for a laptop to dual boot Linux and XP. I'll try to list my
> requirements:
>
> * can run OpenGL efficiently (so I guess it should have nVidia graphics,
> and not onboard graphics)
> * can use an external monitor with it
> * is reliable, low maintenance
> * has minimal setup issues under Linux
> * has good battery life, handles power management correctly, power
> efficiency comparable to Pentium-M or Celeron-M
> * has low cost
>
> I don't need enormous computing power, just something that works and is
> easy to work with.
http://www.comet.co.uk/comet/html/cache/320_237930.html
If in UK.
**SS**
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Posted by Matt on May 20, 2005, 5:31 pm
Please log in for more thread options secret squiddle wrote:
>
>>I'm looking for a laptop to dual boot Linux and XP. I'll try to list my
>>requirements:
>>
>>* can run OpenGL efficiently (so I guess it should have nVidia graphics,
>>and not onboard graphics)
>>* can use an external monitor with it
>>* is reliable, low maintenance
>>* has minimal setup issues under Linux
>>* has good battery life, handles power management correctly, power
>>efficiency comparable to Pentium-M or Celeron-M
>>* has low cost
>>
>>I don't need enormous computing power, just something that works and is
>>easy to work with.
>
>
> http://www.comet.co.uk/comet/html/cache/320_237930.html
I see this line on that page:
> Graphics card 64Mb sharedIntel 852GM Dedicated to storing information about
images to be displaye d on your monitor
Does that let me run OpenGL? And are the terms 'shared' and 'dedicated'
contradictory?
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Posted by JB West on May 20, 2005, 4:23 pm
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> secret squiddle wrote:
> >
> >>I'm looking for a laptop to dual boot Linux and XP. I'll try to list my
> >>requirements:
> >>
> >>* can run OpenGL efficiently (so I guess it should have nVidia graphics,
> >>and not onboard graphics)
> >>* can use an external monitor with it
> >>* is reliable, low maintenance
> >>* has minimal setup issues under Linux
> >>* has good battery life, handles power management correctly, power
> >>efficiency comparable to Pentium-M or Celeron-M
> >>* has low cost
> >>
> >>I don't need enormous computing power, just something that works and is
> >>easy to work with.
> >
> >
> > http://www.comet.co.uk/comet/html/cache/320_237930.html
>
> I see this line on that page:
>
> > Graphics card 64Mb sharedIntel 852GM Dedicated to storing information
about images to be displaye d on your monitor
>
> Does that let me run OpenGL? And are the terms 'shared' and 'dedicated'
> contradictory?
That 64meg intel would not be my 1st choice. Dell laptops, for good or bad,
are very common,
and the higher-end models all have quadro-go NVIDIA chips in them (QUADRO
mind you:
stereo, hw accelerated AA lines, hw clipping planes, hw 2sided lighting).
Slightly used
ones my be pretty reasonably priced. Generic NV drivers work for me in them.
Look for Dell Precision m50/m60/m70 if you are so inclined.
I also love the IBM pro laptops with FIREGL's in them, yeah, drivers are a
pain,
but the laptops are real nice. T40p & similar models can be found, gently
used.
I've also seen some Compaq models, some quite reasonably priced, with NV
graphics.
jbw
jbw
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Posted by Wolfgang Draxinger on May 20, 2005, 8:37 pm
Please log in for more thread options Matt wrote:
> I'm looking for a laptop to dual boot Linux and XP. I'll try
> to list my requirements:
>
> * can run OpenGL efficiently (so I guess it should have nVidia
> graphics, and not onboard graphics)
There's also the mobility Radeon 9700 from ATI (cool HW, but
still the drivers are quite a mess, but in the last 1.5 years it
got far better)
> * can use an external monitor with it
> * is reliable, low maintenance
What maintenance? A laptop is quite a capsuled system you can't
(and shouldn't) fiddle with.
> * has minimal setup issues under Linux
> * has good battery life, handles power management correctly,
> power efficiency comparable to Pentium-M or Celeron-M
Samsung P35 1600 III; I got that neat thing 2 months ago and it
really functions with Linux, for every HW there exist drivers.
The only isse is, that Samsung uses a ACPI DSDT following an
older specification (standard conform, but depreciated) so
throttling doesn't work out of the box, on the net you can find
a modified DSDT that can be loaded in the kernel alternatively,
which solves this. As a surplus it has quite a tough magnesium
housing.
> * has low cost
You can get it for about 1400EUR.
Wolfgang Draxinger
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