On Tue, 6 Aug 2013 13:20:44 -0700 John Jason Jordan <[email protected]> dijo:
>On Tue, 6 Aug 2013 12:59:00 -0700 >Dale Snell <[email protected]> dijo: > >>> *I really like the Traverse Pro: >>> >>> http://www.pugetsystems.com/nav/traverse/pro/customize.php?sys_id=61 >>> >>> Decked out the way I would want it, including a USB3 docking station >>> it comes to about $3K. >>Oh man oh man, I'm drooling. Don't do this to me John. :-) >I just sent an e-mail to Puget Systems with seven questions, one of >which was whether I can disable the touchpad in the desktop >environment. It has no trackpoint for backup, so I might need to enable >it without having to reboot. I assume it can be disabled//enabled from >the command line, but I wanted confirmation. > >I also asked them how the video works with, say, Xubuntu. I have had a series of e-mail interchanges with Puget Systems, mostly regarding the video. In my next to the last e-mail I asked what their return policy is. The reply was: "My understanding is that the NVIDIA driver supports the GTX 770M and 780M models available on the Traverse Pro, but Ubuntu doesn't have the necessary packages to make it work. I believe that if you are willing to download some additional source code such as XRandR 1.4, X Server 1.14, and the latest Intel driver module and compile them, it may be possible to get it working. We are still trying to get a working Ubuntu configuration for the Pro models. But for now, I can't guarantee any support of the NVIDIA graphics under Ubuntu. " I guess I'm crossing the Traverse Pro off my list. But that leads me to wonder if there are *any* high end laptops for sale today that I can get decent 3D video with - movies, flash, GL, etc. _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
