[KLUG Members] Laptop Purchase Opinions Please

[Peter Bart]

On Fri, 2007-10-12 at 22:52 -0400, Mike Williams wrote:
> >   
> Gaming in vmware is going to be tricky at best.  The virtual video
> adapter that vmware creates for the guest operating system is pretty
> basic.  It won't support the advanced functions that a lot of games
> assume are present.  I don't know about the SIMS, but for more than
> basic gaming you really need to dual-boot.  Cedega (commercial WINE)
> makes a valiant effort at running Windows games in Linux, but it's a lot
> more trouble and generally lower performance than playing them in Windows.

Hmmm, I did not know that. Thank you. I might have to dual boot but that
is not my first option.

> 
> I don't know where they are now, but ATI's Linux drivers used to be
> pretty bad.  Nvidia drivers are almost as good on Linux as they are on
> Windows, so I would go with an nvidia chip over an ATI.  I don't know
> much about the Intel graphics chips except that they're not very high
> performance.

Good, I got that part right.

> 
> Try to get details on how many memory DIMMs are being used to give you
> your total memory.  About a year ago, I got my wife a laptop and wrongly
> assumed that 1 Gig of memory meant a single 1 Gig stick.  It was 2 512
> Meg sticks, so after an upgrade it has 1.5 Gig rather than 2, and I have
> a spare 512 Meg stick that isn't being used.
> 

There are two sockets (DIMMs?) for a total supported memory of 4 Gig.
Thanks for your thoughts.

Best Regards,

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Peter Bart <peter at petertheplumber.net>
http://petertheplumber.net