I am using a Compaq Evo N800v. It has a 64MB ATI Radeon 7500. Performs well using Java/Java3D and VRML. You need the latest release of java (1.4.1_2) as 1.4.1 has some problem with DirectX/Direct3D (and I in one bug report it may also be releated to the ATI drivers) - nasty problem causing the whole system to reboot. 1.4.1_2 is nice and stable in this respect.
You can now get faster mobile chipsets - the M9 (mobile ATI Radeon 9700) and GeForce4 chipsets.
chris
Kevin Glass wrote:
I'm looking around at buying a laptop with the intention of doing my hobby development on the sofa :)
I noticed quite alot of you guys seem to be using them and was hoping for some buying advice.
1) Which is the better mobile card (Nvidia or ATI) ? 2) How do mobile relate in performance to desktop cards ? 3) Can I expect to run J3D comfortably on a laptop ?
Finally, any help is much appreciated, as are recommendations for particular specs.
Kev
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