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On 17/07/12 15:34, Lívio Cipriano wrote:
On 17 July 2012 13:41:12 Vadym Krevs wrote:
You can get an ivy bridge i7 with integrated graphics only Do you know if that works well. Traditionally it's better to have a dedicated graphics chip.
L.
It is better of course, especially if long battery life, low heat & noise emissions are not that important for you. Apparently, the integrated video card in ivy bridge chipset - HD 4000 - is a bit faster than the one from sandy bridge chipset. An Nvidia 6xx video card (or a dedicated recent AMD card) would still outperform it of course. I am looking for a 17'' full hd laptop to run opensuse myself, and here is my take on the UK laptop market after several weeks of research: * Most laptops have some kind of switchable graphics technology in them (NVIDIA Optimus or AMD's Enduro, etc) * Linux support for NVIDIA Optimus is fairly poor (please don't say that bumblebee is usable ...) * Linux support for AMD switchable graphics is okayish (via the AMD Catalyst driver) * Only high-end gaming/3D laptops (and CAD mobile workstations) have dedicated NVIDIA/AMD video cards without Optimus/switchable graphics, and they cost an arm and a leg, and are usually noisy, and/or have overheating problems * The vast majority of "desktop replacement/high-end multimedia" 17'' full hd laptops have an NVIDIA video card with Optimus which cannot be turned off in BIOS * The only "desktop replacement/high-end multimedia" 17'' full hd laptop with an AMD video card I can find in UK is the Sony VAIO E Series 17 (http://www.laptopsdirect.co.uk/Sony_VAIO_E17_17.3_Full_HD_Core_i7_Blu-Ray_La...), and there are no reports of anyone having managed to install Linux on that. * There don't seem to be any full hd 17'' laptops with integrated graphics only So, as you can see, it is not an easy decision to find a full hd 17'' laptop to run Linux. Let us know what you end up buying and how successful you end up in installing opensuse on it :-) -- Regards, Vadym -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org