I plan to buy a new notebook by the end of the year. It’s admittedly quite a ways off yet and probably too early to speculate on Haiku’s future hardware compatibility, but I can’t help but wondering…
What are the chances that Haiku will eventually run on such a system? Should one go with an onboard chipset (which will be IIRC i965); how’s compatibility with the current Core-chipset i945? Or is a “seperate” GFX like some nvidea thingy the better choice; will future nvidea graphics still profit from Rudolf’s driver?
I’m no gamer, so onboard graphics would be enough for me and probably be beneficient to battery life.
I plan to buy a new notebook by the end of the year. It’s admittedly quite a ways off yet and probably too early to speculate on Haiku’s future hardware compatibility, but I can’t help but wondering…
What are the chances that Haiku will eventually run on such a system? Should one go with an onboard chipset (which will be IIRC i965); how’s compatibility with the current Core-chipset i945? Or is a “seperate” GFX like some nvidea thingy the better choice; will future nvidea graphics still profit from Rudolf’s driver?
I’m no gamer, so onboard graphics would be enough for me and probably be beneficient to battery life.
Any insights?
Thanks!
First of all - with a notebook, you’re pretty much limited to onboard graphics only It’s not like you can swap in an AGP card or anything.
Right now, the intel extreme driver only supports a couple chipsets like the i855/865 I believe. i915 and higher are not yet supported.
nVidia GeForce Go and ATI Mobility are probably must better supported, but the newer chipsets may pose a temporary roadblock if the drivers don’t yet support them. Always best to check compatibility with the various drivers available on BeBits, as they most likely are accurate with the supported chipsets in Haiku also.
Thanks umccullough!
I’m aware that there’s only onboard-GFX in notebooks.
Not being a notebook expert, I was under the impression that you either go with GFX-in-the-chipset, which is at least for 3D slower than the other option: having a dedicated GFX processor, mostly from Nvidea or ATI. The latter not being as energy efficient.
Hmm… So I guess, I’ll have to wait (and count the days…) until the real hardware arrives and check if its GFX is supported or not. Which will put me in a dilemma if neither the i965 nor a dedicated Nvidea/ATI solution is supported… what’s more likely to come eventually…? Decisions, decisions…
While we’re talking chipsets: Do you know if the other vital components (networking, sound, I/O ports) are also dependent on the (i965) chipset?
Man, I have a lot of questions…
One more: Are all 7200 RPM notebook harddisks screeching loud or are there silent ones as well?
Although the intel driver doesn’t support a lot of chipsets, I’m pretty sure I remember Axel mentioning that it was more for a stability thing ATM or for lack of available testing hardware and that adding the others isn’t too difficult.
Although the intel driver doesn't support a lot of chipsets, I'm pretty sure I remember Axel mentioning that it was more for a stability thing ATM or for lack of available testing hardware and that adding the others isn't too difficult.
True - when I asked about i915 support, he asked if I could loan/donate hardware. Unfortunately it’s difficult for me to “loan” hardware to someone halfway across the world… If I had money to spare, I would probably just order him a MB and processor to go with it.
It’s not like you can swap in an AGP card or anything.