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stefek

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Registered: 2009-04-14

Posts: 33

Purchase laptop

Hi!
I'd like to buy laptop, which works good with Arch Linux. Size: at the most 16". It will be mainly used in programming, but sometimes I want to play games on Windows.  I found MSI EX625 as a good choice, but I heard there are problems with AMD/Ati graphic drivers.  Has the situation improved and the AMD/Ati drivers are as good as nVidia? What other laptops in this price could you recommend me?
Thanks for help
Stefek

LeoSolaris

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From: South Carolina

Registered: 2008-03-30

Posts: 354

Re: Purchase laptop

The Ati cards are still not playing all that nice right now. nVidia hasn't given me a lick of trouble. That said, graphics cards still do not have the level of power in Linux that they do in Windows, no matter who the manufacturer is.

From what I have seen, Dell and IBM are the two that run Linux the best. I know that Dell doesn't exactly have the best name is computing, but I have never had a bit of trouble with my Inspiron or my fiance's XPS under Linux beyond the mess ups that I make and the occasional bug.

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thorcik

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From: Warsaw, PL

Registered: 2009-04-16

Posts: 4

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Re: Purchase laptop

I concur - I've successfully set up Ubuntu on my girlfriend's IBM R61e and Ubuntu then Arch on my Dell XPS m1330. No big difficulties encountered ;o)

The IBM's video card is an Intel one, Dell's is nVidia. Both work just fine.

ngoonee

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From: Between Thailand and Singapore

Registered: 2009-03-17

Posts: 7,356

Re: Purchase laptop

My Asus works just fine, here.

Though brands are good and well, you should probably scout out a model you like, get the specs, and then search for those components. In general I don't believe you'll have all THAT much trouble unless you're using more exotic stuf, touchpads, your fingerprint sensor, broadcom wireless, etc.

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FALK

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From: Denmark

Registered: 2008-03-24

Posts: 95

Re: Purchase laptop

Avoid ati and get one with intel wifi.

thorcik

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From: Warsaw, PL

Registered: 2009-04-16

Posts: 4

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Re: Purchase laptop

Right, Intel cards tend to work out-of-the-box.

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Registered: 2006-11-26

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Re: Purchase laptop

HP runs linux nice too, usually. Their professional line has some models tested for OpenSuSE compatibility which almost guarantees it'll run well .

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