[lug] laptop video card Q

[D. Stimits]

D. Stimits wrote:
> I'm seeing a series of Sony VAIO notebooks, VGN-SZ... series, which have 
> their graphics listed as an NVIDIA GeForce Go 7400. It also lists this 
> as having an Intel GMA950 with shared RAM. Does anyone here know if 
> these work with linux? I've never encountered the GMA-950. Frankly, I've 
> never owned a laptop. These laptops are a bit unique, in that they don't 
> have large screens, and they really are portable. I have absolutely no 
> interest in larger 17" laptops. So...can anyone give me their take on 
> how well these might work on linux? Especially using NVIDIA drivers for 
> OpenGL?
> 
> I also noticed that ASUS has a laptop that isn't a monster, yet has 
> NVIDIA for video, the A8Jm-H009H. Can anyone here tell me anything about 
> how those work with linux...especially OpenGL?
> 
> There is a Toshiba Tecra series M5-S433 with NVIDIA Quadro, same 
> question on linux/OpenGL. Or any info on any of these NVIDIA based 
> laptops which are under 15 inch.
> 
> D. Stimits, stimits AT comcast DOT net
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Seems like nVidia is the way to go for cards, but that limits available 
non-monster-really-laptop-laptops-not-desktop-huge-replacements :P

So...the video card genre seems good. Does anyone here have any comment 
on the laptops themselves...the Sony VAIO series or ASUS or Toshiba 
Tecras? I found some reviews that complain the Sonys are a bit flimsy, 
that the ASUS is well-built. Not sure about the other peripherals on 
each of these, as to whether they are linux compatible or not. Assuming 
I get a laptop, it'll probably have to last me the rest of my life.

D. Stimits, stimits AT comcast DOT net