On May 6, 2018 11:07:26 AM PDT, Kaigue <kaigue7@gmail.com> wrote:
06.05.2018 16:32, Koenraad Lelong пишет:
Hi,
I'm researching for a new laptop. I think the main issue is video. Is there a manufacturer I should avoid (NVidia/AMD) ?
I like this one : HP Probook 450 G5 Notebook with Intel® i7-8550U
Well, if you need notebook to do actual work and not tinker with Linux, do not rush for the latest and the greatest. I have my current notebook for slightly less than 4 years, it is Broadwell and it took almost two years to iron out all pain points (kernel/Xorg). It does all I need,
On Sunday, May 6, 2018 8:03:14 PM CEST Andrei Borzenkov wrote: the
only thing I'd probably change in the hindsight is HDD but there was no option to use SSD.
Oh, and HiDPI support in Linux still leaves a lot to wish ... one more thing to consider.
(1.8GHz, 8MB Cache, 4 cores) and 2GB Discrete NVIDIA Graphics - 1LU52AV NVIDIA graphix is GeForce 930MX.
Does not really matter, if you do not need it you can always leave it powered down and use iGPU. Although I'd check support status of nouveau for your chip.
More important probably is wireless, having something Linux friendly makes life easier.
Why do you need Nvidia for photographs anyway
Exactly my question. Gaming, maybe. Just regular computer presentation requires very little in the way of a GPU, Even if you want to turn on all the KDE Bling and use compositing. There's no reason to always be chasing proprietary drivers to fiddle with photos. -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org