[GRLUG] hardware specs help

[John-Thomas Richards]

On Mon, Apr 30, 2012 at 08:55:43AM -0400, Clay Ashby wrote:
> I 2nd that. Those prices are way too high. Honestly you are best off
> getting a "windows" laptop and wiping it. Unless someone else here can
> share a link to linux based option that is inexpensive. I would expect a
> business grade i3 to be around 700 at most (like an hp pro-book) and the i5
> to be around 850. Consumer grade should be around 200 less than business
> grade (500 for i3, 650 for i5).

Those prices include a 120GB Intel SSD and 8GB of RAM.

> On Mon, Apr 30, 2012 at 8:43 AM, Adam Tauno Williams <awilliam at whitemice.org
> > wrote:
> 
> > On Mon, 2012-04-30 at 08:22 -0400, John-Thomas Richards wrote:
> > > LUG,
> > > I am probably going to order a laptop today.  I have a question
> > > regarding specs / performance.  I have my choice narrowed down to two
> > > manufacturers.  The laptops have nearly identical specs with two notable
> > > exceptions.  They are:
> > > Laptop 1                        Laptop 2
> > > ==============================================================
> > > Core i3 2350M 2.3GHz            Core i5 2450M 2.50GHz
> > > nVidia 540M 1GB                 Intel High Definition Graphics
> > > $1,097                          $923
> >
> > These prices seem very high.
> >
> > > The only experience is have with Intel graphics is several years ago
> > > when it was merely passable.  Is the Core i3/nVidia combo worth $174
> > > over the Core i5/Intel HD combo?
> >
> > NO WAY.
> >
> > My mighty HP DV7-3085DX [an i7] which has nVidia graphics worked great
> > with nouveau drives.  GNOME shell, multiple displays, as well as
> > occasionally connecting to a projector.
> >
> > Unfortunately she died [physically].
> >
> > My new HP DV7-6B32US [an i7 as well] with Intel Graphics works
> > flawlessly in GNOME shell and multiple displays.  I'd say that video
> > performance is slightly almost, impercetably, less when the second
> > display is added to the mix.  But having an i7 rocks;  you get more
> > cores, on-board AES encryption/decryption, and VT support.
> >
> > I prefer Intel graphics as I entirely avoid the nouveau vs. nVidia-BLOB
> > driver issue.  Sometimes if you install the BLOB it is hard to get rid
> > of the dratted thing and go back to the noueveau drivers (which for the
> > DV7-3085DX worked *much better* when there was a second display).
> >
> > And this i7 laptop cost me less than $800.  So those prices are too
> > high.
> >
> > > Both laptops come with Linux preinstalled.  If I go with the nVidia
> > > system, I would run the binary drivers.
> >
> > Ugh, I don't know why.  They may be 'faster' but for the flexibility of
> > a laptop their support regarding external displays was very glitchy.
> >
> >
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