[PD] laptop for pd/gem

[cyrille henry]

hello,

the driver that cause problem was online for 1 week, and there was huge announce that you should not use it.
i had a A8JS, and then a N80 (both was almost the same computer, but with everything upgraded. i can use both battery in the same laptop by example).
i think the N81 is also almost the same, updated computer.
asus are the only one to provide 14 inch laptop with "good" gpu.

for now, i think nvidia still provide better driver than ati, but things slowly improve on ati.

cyrille

Le 27/08/2010 18:20, Martin Eckart a écrit :
> I have the a8js and it's great for ubuntu/pd/Gem.  I'd say the driver
> killer is a pretty isolated incident and that you'll have a better time
> getting a laptop with an nvidia chip.  If you liked the A8Js then maybe
> it's time to get another ASUS?
>
> Cheers,
> -martin
>
> On Thu, 2010-08-26 at 15:06 +0200, pierre wrote:
>> Hi all
>> I'm in the way to buy a laptop theses days and would know if someone could give me a good advice,
>> I need to install a debian (or ubuntu) system on it.
>> I'll use the laptop for audio/video liveshows with pd/gem, with many GEM objects so a good graphic card is needed
>> I have a max ~900euros  budget.
>>
>> Short story :
>> Some years ago a bought an asus a8js with 7700Go nvidia graphic card,
>> very good performances and linux friendly, worked perfectly with all debian/ubuntu distros I've used and I've done a lot of lives and works with it...
>> BUT !
>> This card have burned and damaged all my motherboard ! This is due to a very bad graphic nvidia (proprietary) driver, explanations here :
>> http://www.zdnet.com/blog/hardware/warning-nvidia-19675-drivers-can-kill-your-graphics-card/7551
>>
>> Now a lots of laptop are shipped with ATI cards, so my questions are :
>> - are ATI cards goods for pd/gem users ?
>> - is someone here have any advice on a good laptop for pd/gem use
>> Thanks in advance for any comment/ideas,
>>
>> pierre
>>
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