I am planing on getting myself a notebook in a few months, so I need help in researching on the right notebook.
My requirements:
I also have the following questions to help me time my purchase so that the NOTEBOOK LASTS FOR ATLEAST 3-6 YEARS:
Thanks in advance.
My requirements:
- I would prefer something cheap, in the price range of notebooks like Acer 4530.
- It should be light and portable and hence prefer 14.1" or below screen.
- Should be WideScreen and support a good resolution for GIMPing.
- It will be used a LOT for multimedia home production, but since I can run encoders at night an uber CPU wouldn't be needed.
- I am using a lot of Jack Apps for setting up an audio workstation.
- I need ability to do light gaming on Windows 7 32bit and Linux 64bit, but if it does have UBER graphics, I would be all for it.
- I need full support for Linux in drivers, and opensource drivers will be preferred unless the binary driver has better performance.
- I want support for OpenCL, OpenGL 3.0 and DirectX 10 from the GPU.
- The GPU should also support future technologies like Gallium3D.
- I want to enjoy clear music with a good sound chip and Pulse Audio.
- ArchLinux or Gentoo would be my distro, and I would do a lot of compiling and software development related activity.
- I need a good energy saving system.
I also have the following questions to help me time my purchase so that the NOTEBOOK LASTS FOR ATLEAST 3-6 YEARS:
- I heard AMD and Intel are launching new products later this year for notebooks to refresh the stagnating notebook CPU segment. When is it expected ?
- How will linux compatibility be on AMD's RV800 GPUs and HD4770 ?
- When will cheap 40nm IGPs and Graphics Cards hit the notebook segment ?
- What are the major changes/additions expected in the kernel in the next few months ?
- Whats the current status of GPU-based video decoding support and GP-GPU applications on Linux ?
Thanks in advance.
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