Re: [Flightgear-devel] Notebook with 3D support

[David M. <da...@me...>]

Thank you to everyone who posted information about 3D support on Linux
notebooks.  Based on that information, I've decided to buy a notebook
with a GeForce2 Go 32MB GPU (the nVidia web site mentions a 64MB
version, but no one seems to be shipping it yet).

As far as I can find out, the only two notebooks with the GeForce2 Go
are the Toshiba Satellite 2805-S402 and the Dell Inspiron 8000.  The
Toshiba box looks nice, but it's not available in Canada yet so I'd
have to order it from the U.S. (a hassle on both ends); Dell Canada
will be happy to ship me an Inspiron with a CD-RW and a 48GB HD (when
did notebook HDs get so big?), but I'll have to wait two weeks (!!!)
for delivery.

Neither of the notebooks is cheap, and as far as I've discovered,
neither has a particularly impressive battery life (a little over 2hrs
each) and both are heavy (ca. 8lb) -- hardly surprising given the
hardware packed in.  nVidia's newest Linux driver supports the
GeForce2 Go, and the Linux Dell notebook egroup has messages from
people who have it working, but I'd still love to hear from any list
members who own either of these, who know someone who owns one, or who
have even just seen one at a trade show or heard unsubstantiated
rumours.

I'll look forward to hearing back from list members.


All the best,


David

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David Megginson
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