Try System76. They have some nice stuff - dying to get one myself. IIRC, they come preloaded with Ubuntu, or you can pick your distro of choice.
-Ed On 8/7/13, John Jason Jordan <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > -- Sent from my mobile device You! What PLANET is this! -- McCoy, "The City on the Edge of Forever", stardate 3134.0 _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
