[haiku] Re: Notebook suggestions
- From: Joseph Prostko <joe.prostko@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: haiku@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 3 Feb 2014 10:01:37 -0500
On Sun, Feb 2, 2014 at 12:59 PM, Humdinger <humdingerb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 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.
It's not a 15" notebook (it's 14.1), but I recently picked up a
System76 Galago UltraPro (it's essentially a "rebranded" Clevo
W740SU), and Haiku runs on it fairly well for my needs, and is totally
quiet, unless you really hit the CPUs. Last night was the first time
I heard the fans fire up, but that was because I was running Deep
Fritz 14 running on all its cores.
https://www.system76.com/laptops/model/galu1
The pros:
- Headphones and speakers work. The microphone may work, but I
haven't tested it yet.
- Wired ethernet works
The cons:
- Touchpad buttons don't work. The touchpad itself works, and you can
do tap-to-click to get around the issue, or else plug in a wireless
mouse like I do.
- Wireless adapter doesn't work. I suspect the Intel 7260 will get
support in FreeBSD 10.1 or 10.2, and then we can have support shortly
thereafter.
- While you get the full 1920x1080 resolution, it is VESA, seeing as
we don't have Intel Iris Pro support at the moment. I personally
don't see VESA as an issue though, as it's full HD. For my use case,
it is fine.
For me, the laptop works perfectly for what I need. I may see if I
can throw a different wifi card in, although I suspect like most
modern BIOSes, there is a whitelist for allowed adapters. I'm going
to open up the laptop in the next day or two to put in a hard drive
(in addition to the 1 TB SSD), so I'll see how possible switching the
wifi card is.
Like Ingo, I was also looking at the Lenovo T440S, but ultimately
decided to go with the System76 system, due to me being irritated at
the direction Lenovo is going, seeing as they have pretty much ruined
my beloved TrackPoint in recent iterations. I also felt the i7 they
put in the system would be a bit weak, given it's a dual core model.
I'm working on getting Windows 7, OS X, PC-BSD, Linux, and Haiku to
run on the UltraPro, but I still have to work through bootloader
issues or else just give up and virtualize an OS or two. OS X is also
a bit wonky until I get some kexts installed, whereupon hopefully I
get it in a "it's good enough" kind of state. My hopes that this
computer would mostly be seen as a rMBP by OS X wasn't totally
realistic, it seems. :)
In any case, if you need any more information about the Galago
UltraPro, I can provide it to you. I need to do more testing on it
myself, but the above is what I know for now.
- joe
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