Haiku Compatible Laptops

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[quote=red mecca]I’ve been running Haiku on a Samsung NC-10 netbook since R1A1 was released and it’s been a great little Haiku machine. I’m now running R1A2 with no problems. It has an 1.6 ghz Atom N270 processor, 1 gig of RAM, 10.2" screen (NON-glossy, which was one of the main reasons I bought it) and a very nice keyboard. Originally I dual booted Haiku and XP, eventually nuked XP and used the partition to install Haiku nightlies, whilst keeping a known stable version intact. Hardware-wise, everything works with the exception of the webcam. Sound is not fully supported by the Haiku HDA drivers (internal speakers work, no output from headphone jack) but this is remedied by removing or unlinking the Haiku HDA drivers and installing the OSS drivers. One slight gripe is that I have to unmute a few things on the mixer after every boot to get sound (anyone know how to make the mixer settings persist?). One thing I do like is that the internal speakers and the headphone output can be switched on and off independently and even be fed different sources.

The only other issue I’ve had is a USB mouse hanging the boot at the 4th icon on occasion-I just unplug it to boot and then plug it back in.

Great netbook, highly recommended for Haiku![/quote]

I think I am leaning toward this one. I found a really great deal!

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My vote goes to my very own IBM Thinkpad X31. :slight_smile:

It is fully supported upto the greatest extent. Sound, Wifi, ethernet, accelerated graphics, acpi battery info and even cpu throttle (speedstep)

It is not the latest, and greatest, but far enough for Haiku.

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[quote=red mecca]I’ve been running Haiku on a Samsung NC-10 netbook since R1A1 was released and it’s been a great little Haiku machine. I’m now running R1A2 with no problems. It has an 1.6 ghz Atom N270 processor, 1 gig of RAM, 10.2" screen (NON-glossy, which was one of the main reasons I bought it) and a very nice keyboard. Originally I dual booted Haiku and XP, eventually nuked XP and used the partition to install Haiku nightlies, whilst keeping a known stable version intact. Hardware-wise, everything works with the exception of the webcam. Sound is not fully supported by the Haiku HDA drivers (internal speakers work, no output from headphone jack) but this is remedied by removing or unlinking the Haiku HDA drivers and installing the OSS drivers. One slight gripe is that I have to unmute a few things on the mixer after every boot to get sound (anyone know how to make the mixer settings persist?). One thing I do like is that the internal speakers and the headphone output can be switched on and off independently and even be fed different sources.

The only other issue I’ve had is a USB mouse hanging the boot at the 4th icon on occasion-I just unplug it to boot and then plug it back in.

Great netbook, highly recommended for Haiku![/quote]

Is the keyboard okay for long durations of typing?

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Yes, same here-the Atheros wi-fi works well but without encryption. The monitor brightness Fn keys do work in Haiku on my NC-10, but not the volume.

With the 6 cell battery I’ve gotten 7-8 hours on a charge. My NC-10 came with a solid state hard drive which seems to help there.

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bonjour . ibm x31 compatible pas de gros probléme .

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[quote=augdawg09][quote=red mecca]I’ve been running Haiku on a Samsung NC-10 netbook since R1A1 was released and it’s been a great little Haiku machine. I’m now running R1A2 with no problems. It has an 1.6 ghz Atom N270 processor, 1 gig of RAM, 10.2" screen (NON-glossy, which was one of the main reasons I bought it) and a very nice keyboard. Originally I dual booted Haiku and XP, eventually nuked XP and used the partition to install Haiku nightlies, whilst keeping a known stable version intact. Hardware-wise, everything works with the exception of the webcam. Sound is not fully supported by the Haiku HDA drivers (internal speakers work, no output from headphone jack) but this is remedied by removing or unlinking the Haiku HDA drivers and installing the OSS drivers. One slight gripe is that I have to unmute a few things on the mixer after every boot to get sound (anyone know how to make the mixer settings persist?). One thing I do like is that the internal speakers and the headphone output can be switched on and off independently and even be fed different sources.

The only other issue I’ve had is a USB mouse hanging the boot at the 4th icon on occasion-I just unplug it to boot and then plug it back in.

Great netbook, highly recommended for Haiku![/quote]

I think I am leaning toward this one. I found a really great deal![/quote]

I’m probably going to buy this one. Is the keyboard okay for long durations of typing? I read it is about 93% the size of a normal keyboard.

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The IBM ThinkPad T42 is pretty much fully compatible. Here are it’s vitals:

  • 1.6 Ghz Pentium M (an older CPU but still snappy under Haiku)

  • 2 GB RAM Max

  • Atheros wireless card works (a/b/g)

  • Usually a 40 or 80 Gb drive

  • Supported 100Mb/s Intel ethernet NIC

  • Sound

  • Bluetooth (haven’t tried this)

  • Radeon Graphics (seems decent and runs at the native 1400x1050 panel resolution - nice)

  • Nice thinkpad build quality with extended life batteries available and a nice keyboard

  • Cheap on ebay these days.

  • Also as a bonus for me, the Atheros wireless card works great on 2.4Ghz and 5.0Ghz and is well supported on Linux and BSD, too.