I want to buy a laptop which will mainly be used to run Linux so I thought it'd be a good idea to try and get some suggestions from the Phoronix forums.
I'm not a gamer or heavily into gfx - apart from web browsing and watching the odd film its main purpose will be audio production. I'd prefer a quiet n'cool GPU/laptop (versus the extra heat, noise and power drain created from having a discrete GPU) and the fact that Intel seem to employ more people to work on its (open source only) Linux graphics drivers I would prefer an Intel GPU.
Desired specs include:
At least 1600x900 display (I can't believe most laptop displays top out at 1366x768 in 2013 - only slightly more pixels than your average smartphone display)
i5 or i7 CPU
At least 1 x SATA3 and 1 x USB3
i4000 (or later) integrated gfx w/ HDMI out
Gb NIC
Unless it comes pre-installerd with a fast SATA3 SSD, I'll be swapping out its drive for a good SSD (256GB most likely) so if anyone can recommend a good SATA3 SSD too, that'd be great!
Thanks!
I'm not a gamer or heavily into gfx - apart from web browsing and watching the odd film its main purpose will be audio production. I'd prefer a quiet n'cool GPU/laptop (versus the extra heat, noise and power drain created from having a discrete GPU) and the fact that Intel seem to employ more people to work on its (open source only) Linux graphics drivers I would prefer an Intel GPU.
Desired specs include:
At least 1600x900 display (I can't believe most laptop displays top out at 1366x768 in 2013 - only slightly more pixels than your average smartphone display)
i5 or i7 CPU
At least 1 x SATA3 and 1 x USB3
i4000 (or later) integrated gfx w/ HDMI out
Gb NIC
Unless it comes pre-installerd with a fast SATA3 SSD, I'll be swapping out its drive for a good SSD (256GB most likely) so if anyone can recommend a good SATA3 SSD too, that'd be great!
Thanks!
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