For what it's worth, I ended up with a refurb compaq (now hp?) presario laptop with nvidia graphics hardware. It has a dual 64-bit AMD processor and so far I have been really happy with it. Everything (sound, video, wireless network, etc.) is well supported under Linux. And it performs pretty decently. I got it from a place called MEI (Micro Center) which is a pretty interesting place if you have one in your town and haven't checked it out yet. For myself, the key thing is nvidia hardware. I can live without sound, and I can plug in an external wireless device if I have to, but for me, fast, solid 3d video (for FlightGear) is the most important factor.
I should point out that with Fedora 12, working around the neauvou open-source video drivers which get hardwired in at a very low level was a trick to figure out. I actually needed to add a kernel boot parameter to disable them because they actually get pulled in at the start of the boot, before the kernel even loads I think so that the system can do fancy boot graphics ... looks pretty but then they prevent the real nvidia kernel module from loading/working later. Regards, Curt. On Fri, Jan 8, 2010 at 8:08 AM, Jon Stockill wrote: > Stuart Buchanan wrote: > > Hi All, > > > > The graphics card on my FG PC has just died, and as the PC is now quite > old and was already on it's second graphics card, I'm looking to buy a > laptop to replace it with. > > > > Does anyone have a recommendation for laptops, or particular things I > should look out for. > > > > So far, my requirements list is as follows: > > * 17" screen > > * NVidia graphics card (non-integrated) > > * Ubuntu support > > * Plenty of USB sockets for joystick/pedals. > > The HP Pavillion range is probably worth looking at - a lot of them > appear to have nvidia 100 and 200 series graphics now. > > Jon > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Verizon Developer Community > Take advantage of Verizon's best-in-class app development support > A streamlined, 14 day to market process makes app distribution fast and > easy > Join now and get one step closer to millions of Verizon customers > http://p.sf.net/sfu/verizon-dev2dev > _______________________________________________ > Flightgear-devel mailing list > Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel > -- Curtis Olson: http://baron.flightgear.org/~curt/
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