[SGVLUG] New Linux Laptop, Made (assembled?) in US

[Dan Kegel]

For what it's worth, I'm happy with my Asus "Republic of Gaming"
( http://rog.asus.com/ ) i5 laptop with its nvidia gts 360m,
http://kegel.com/linux/asus-g60jx-laptop.html
That's the last of the old school nvidia-only laptops, I fear.
Dunno how well the more recent ones work with Linux,
there was some trouble with hybrid graphics, but I
gather there's some work on that, see
http://launchpad.net/~hybrid-graphics-linux


On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 9:59 PM, Miguel Hernandez <migtek at gmail.com> wrote:
> Well, what I'd really want in a "true" gaming laptop.....err, a developer
> laptop that I can game on (hehe) is the option to have an Nvidia video card
> & not the, typically, default Intel chipset. While the Intel 4000 series is
> decent, it doesn't hold a candle to Nvidia's laptop offerings in both
> performance & cooling. Neither System76 nor Dell give you those options but
> the other distributor that distributes laptops w/Linux distros does-
> ZAReason:  http://zareason.com/shop/Laptops/
>
> Their Strata 6770 comes with the Nvidia 540m which has 1GB of RAM (vram for
> us older folks who remember that). This Nvidia card supports DirectX 11 &
> 3DVision (for your 3d games & movies enjoyment). It's their cheapest card
> that comes w/an Nvidia & starting at $850, I find it to be a really good
> deal for anyone wanting/needing to do really graphics-intensive things like
> playing high-end/new games or editing video/graphics. If/when I get one,
> I'll be sure to let the group know of my findings.
> http://zareason.com/shop/Strata-6770.html
> http://www.geforce.com/hardware/notebook-gpus/geforce-gt-540m
> http://www.notebookcheck.net/NVIDIA-GeForce-GT-540M.41715.0.html
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTZl04MF-88 (youtube vid showing the Nvidia
> 540m playing Battlefield 3...really smooth/fast)
>
> cheers,
> --miguel