On 11-05-05 12:15 PM, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > i'm looking at picking up a seriously fast notebook since i plan on > spending a lot of time a) compiling kernels, b) running JAVA, and c) > hosting numerous VMs at the same time. so i was ogling one of these: > > http://pccyber.com/?v=Product&i=NB-AS-G73SW-A1 > > first, yes, it's an nvidia chipset but i'm tired of fighting that > battle. if it works and supports the latest ubuntu, i'm good with > that. > > but i'm intrigued that this system comes with dual hybrid SSD > drives. anyone out there using these kinds of drives? can you > testify to noticeably better performance? > > in any event, is there anything about that system that would scare > me off? other than the price? > > rday > it doesn't appear from the specs that it has an Optimus graphic solution, that is, an intel integrated graphic chip, plus a discrete nVidia which switches seamlessly under windows, but has no driver for Linux. If it does have Optimus, you will be in for a world of hurt. i put a Seagate Momentus XT 500G harddrive in my N53JF, which has an integrated 4G SSD and have had no problems with it. Looks good to me, guess you can retire your barbells ;-)
-- _______________________________________________ Linux mailing list [email protected] http://oclug.on.ca/mailman/listinfo/linux
