Suse Notebook

Hi,

with suse 10.1 almost there, i'm thinking about buying a new notebook. i'm having some trouble with the powermanagment and grafics on my 'old' presario x1000. I can spend 1400 euro's and i found this on our local dell site:

Processor Intel ® Core™ Duo Processor T2300 (1.66 GHz, 2 MB L2 cache, 667 MHz FSB)
Microsoft Operating System Legitieme Windows® XP Media Center Edition 2005
Geheugen 1024MB 667MHz DDR2 SDRAM (2x512)
Toetsenbord Intern toetsenbord - Belgian (AZERTY)
Grafische Kaart Intel® Media Accelerator 950 Graphics Up to 128MB shared system memory
Harde Schijf 80GB (5,400 rpm) SATA Hard Drive
Modem BE - 56.6k V.92 Interne Modem en Adapter
Optical Drives 8X DVD+/-ReWriter vaste interne Drive met Software
Draadloos Netwerk Intel® Pro WLAN 3945 Internal Wireless (802.11a/b/g 54 Mbps) voor Duo Processors
LCD Scherm 17" UltraSharp™ Wide Screen WUXGA (1920 x 1200) Display with TrueLife™

Will suse 10.1 have any problems with this laptop? When xgl is stable, will the integrated graphic card be strong enough and is the wireless network supported?

an alternative for the laptop is a sony vaio with a geforce go 6200. Is that card supported in Suse 10.1? Is sony in general a good option for linux laptops?

Oh, and I would love to have TV out working on the laptop, that would be one reasen less to boot windows. (The radeon drivers for my pressario do not support tv out.)

Is ther anyone who knows about a better alternative?
Is there anything else i should care about when shopping a laptop for linux?

Thanks for the input.

Jan

I am thinking of getting this one

Processor Intel® Core™ Duo Processor 1.66GHz(T2300) ~, 667MHz FSB, 2MB L2
Operating System <strike>Microsoft® Windows® XP Home Edition</strike> <strike>Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional Edition</strike> SuSE 10.1
Chipset Intel® 945PM/GM
Memory 512/1024/2048MB DDR2(667/533MHz, Dual Channel Support, Up to 4GB)
Display 15
Graphics NVIDIA® GeForece™ Go 7300/7400/7600 (up to 512MB *TurboCache) or Intel® GMA950 (up to 256MB)
HDD 80/100/120GB(SATA/PATA)
ODD DVD Combo / DVD Super Multi Dual Layer (DVD-R/RW, +R/RW, RAM)

Communications
Wireless Intel® Pro/Wirless 3945ABG(802.11a/b/g)* WLAN Antenna Dual Hexa-band Antenna
Modem 56kbps Modem
LAN Gigabit Ethernet
Bluetooth *Option (BlueCore™4)

Security *Fingerprint, *TPM, HDD Security
Input Device
Keyboard Full Size 86Keys

Pointing Device Touchpad with Scroll Function

Direct Media -
Expansion Slot
Multimedia Card Slot 5-in-1 (XD/SD/MMC/MS/MS Pro)
PC Card Slot ExpressCard/54 or PCMCIA Type II

Audio SRS TruSurround XT, SRS WOW XT, 5.1CH Dolby Digital, XTS Pro, 24bit High Definition, Stereo Speakers, Internal-MIC
Input/Output Port 3USB, VGA, RJ11, RJ45, S-Video, IEEE 1394, Mic-in, Line-in, S/PDIF(Headphone)
Battery 6Cell(Li-Ion), 9Cell(Li-Ion, Optional)
AC Adapter 90W
Software IP Operator, Battery Miser, On Screen Display, Norton Anti-Virus, CyberLink DVD SolutionTM, Recovery CD, LG Intelligent Update CD
Port Replicator Yes(Optional)
Dimensions(WxDxH) 329 x 274 x 30 mm
Weight 2.6 Kg (with a standard 6cell battery)

thanks, I'm afraid LGe doesn't sell laptops here in Belgium I notice u choose an Nvidia card. When i choose between Nvidia, ATi and Intel, what is the best linux card? 1° Nvidia - 2° intel -3° Ati? And with an intel card will it be able to play any opengl games? (like tremulous)

Jan

go for nvidia, their cards are better supported with linux

andy

its gonna be a dell, i really like the 1920x1200 resolution. the only question that remains is: Ati or intell. (no nvidia cards in this dell) Ati is 70 euro's more expensive, but comes with a faster cpu. Intell appears to be better supported under linux.

What should i do?

spend 70 euro extra on a faster cpu with an ati x1400 card
or go for the embedded intell 950 GMA?

I would like to have a working tv out and some 3d support (xgl seems to be cool). I'm not very technical or experienced in installing drivers and editting configuration files.

Just to close this and help others who have to make the same choice. i'll go with ati, it seems like it is possible to have suse installed: http://www.linux-on-laptops.com/forum/show...&highlight=9400

and it seems like ati is supperior to the intel chip.
http://www.mobilityguru.com/2006/04/10/hp_...hics_processor/

with some luck, ati has released a new driver with tv out working when i get my dell.

Thanks for all the reply's

Jan.