[haiku] Re: Notebook suggestions
- From: François Revol <revol@xxxxxxx>
- To: haiku@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 03 Feb 2014 13:39:59 +0100
On 03/02/2014 13:36, François Revol wrote:
> On 03/02/2014 12:01, Ingo Weinhold wrote:
>> On 02/02/2014 06:59 PM, Humdinger wrote:
>>> since my old notebook seems to finally have booked that long planned
>>> vacation on the farm...
>>> Does anyone have suggestions for a Haiku supported high quality modern
>>> notebook?
>>>
>>> I'd like to have a 15" non-glaring panel with min. 1680x1050 resolution.
>>> It should be cool and quiet with oomph when needed.
>>
>> Right before the last BeGeistert I was looking for a new laptop and laid
>> my eyes on a Lenovo ThinkPad T440s. Unfortunately it didn't become
>> available (for non-academics) in time for the event, so I didn't get one
>> after all (yet). The reviews sounded pretty nice. There's a Full HD
>> model, though it's 14". There might be a 15" (T5**) equivalent.
>>
>> I don't know about the Haiku compatibility, so you would want to test
>> drive it. Given the popularity of the ThinkPads among the Haiku
>> developers in the past, the odds are that at least eventually it will be
>> supported pretty well.
>
> Well at least I can tell for my T510:
>
> - crapvidia card : VESA only, so 1280x1024 or a little more on a FullHD
> panel (ugly), and on Linux Nouveau crashed 3 times a week... I intend to
> get the specs from nvidia somehow. Beware of the "optimus" things too,
> supposedly mine had it but it seems it needs a BIOS update, and support
> for the OS (=driver) to get it working. if I ever have an integrated GPU
> it fails to appear on the PCI bus.
Note some models exist without nvidia card. I just had a rebate on this
one and was tired of searching for a month.
François.
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