On Wed 23 Sep 2015 07:18:18 AM CDT, Adam Tauno Williams wrote:
On Wed, 2015-09-23 at 14:23 +0530, Arup Rakshit wrote:
I am planning to buy a new laptop, which must have 15" screen. I just want a very good speed and productive one. I do build web applications and do write lot of code and different DB also I need to have and lot of other stuffs. That's why I am looking for some suggestions before going to buy it. Please some suggest me some models which you think enough enough to work happily with SUSE 13.2 or the new one UPCOMING version 41 +.
OEM/brand means nothing ["HP", "Dell", etc...] It is all about the model.
First and foremost you want ***INTEL*** video for something that *always* just-works. Accept no substitutes, none, never.
It is good when you find a model you are interested to find the Service Field Guide [repair manual] as that will list the components the laptop actually has it in. Make sure those things work with LINUX/openSUSE. A laptop is a collection of components, no more or less than a desktop, only you cannot swap out any of them. So you need to be happy with the component list when you buy.
You buy hardware to run software, the software is the point, so buy the right hardware. Do your homework.
And ***INTEL*** video, always. No Optimus/nVidia ever, never ever - just say "NO!".
Hi I have a HP ProBook 4440s with intel, it can drive 2 screens at a time (vga+hdmi, vga,lcd or hdmi,lcd), my HP ProBook 455 G1 can drive all three (vga, hdmi, lcd) with the AMD APU/GPU (proprietary driver), this DELL Inspiron 3521 only has hdmi out with intel GPU. On the hardware to get list is a usb->displaylink screen to try running on the DELL... Everything works fine with openSUSE 13.2, Leap, Tumbleweed and SLED 11/12 aside from the fingerprint reader on the 455 system, need to patch the driver and see if can get it to work. On the DELL I needed to add a few options to the i8k module for fan speed and switching speed. All use UEFI and secure boot and have SSD's. -- Cheers Malcolm °¿° LFCS, SUSE Knowledge Partner (Linux Counter #276890) SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 | GNOME 3.10.1 | 3.12.44-52.10-default up 7 days 9:16, 6 users, load average: 0.05, 0.19, 0.31 CPU Intel® Core i3-3227U CPU @ 1.90GHz | GPU Intel® HD Graphics 4000 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org