[haiku] Re: Laptop suggestions.
- From: Bruno Albuquerque <bga@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: haiku@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 17 Jul 2010 13:29:44 -0300
2010/7/17 Alex von Gluck <kallisti5@xxxxxxxxxxx>:
>
> On Sat, 17 Jul 2010 08:28:12 -0300, Bruno Albuquerque <bga@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>> hello.
>>
>> I am looking to buy a laptop to run Haiku exclusivelly. The main
>> objective will be to give Haiku demos/presentations. These are the
>> minimum requirements for it:
>>
>> 1 - Video card must be supported. The reason is because more often
>> then not I will have to connect it to an external projector and, at
>> least with the laptop I have now, I can not do that with the VESA
>> driver.
>> 2 - Audio must be supported.
>> 3 - Ethernet must be supported (WiFi would be a good bonus).
>> 4 - Must have at least 2 cores. The more, the merrier.
>>
>> Of course any other built-in hardware it has that is supported is also
>> welcome.
>>
>> So, any suggestions?
>>
>> -Bruno
>
> I have the perfect Haiku laptop which I run Haiku on...
>
> * Fully supported Video card (ATI Radeon) (The radeon driver even has an
> extended control panel)
> Example of ATI x300 panel:
> http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/18-F7tnXTeRr8Un9KCwOrQ?feat=directlink
>
> * Fully supported Wireless/Bluetooth (Intel 22xx)
> * Fully supported Audio
> * Fully supported Gigabit Ethernet
> * Only one core, but it's 2.18Ghz w/ht
>
> HP NC6230, a nice looking small business-style laptop.
> http://www.notebookreview.com/default.asp?newsID=2663#
Does the HT cores actually show up as diffent cores under Haiku? As
this is going to be a demo machine, having multiple cores is kinda of
a requirement. :) And i am spoiled by my other laptop that has 4 cores
+ 4 HT cores (Haiku shows 8 cores total).
-Bruno
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