I have Asus U32U with 8GBs of RAM and 320GBs of HD and everything works fine (also the HDMI out) except some keys like volume up/down but I think it's just a issue about config. On Sat, Aug 17, 2013 at 12:31 PM, Rob Kampen <rkampen at kampensonline.com>wrote: > On 08/17/2013 08:40 PM, Johan Vermeulen wrote: > >> hello, >> >> over the past year, I bought a lot of laptops and I insist on running >> Centos on all of them. >> >> <snip> >> > </snip> > > * the worst are Asus X55-A and Dell Vostro 3460 that have Atheros network > cards. * I never tried Ati Radeon on Centos because of bad experience on > Opensuse. But maybe it works Nvidia will sometimes require extra software > for use with external monitor or beamer. So I agree on you with the intel > graphics. * The thing is, if you spend some 600 Euro's, you more often than > not end up with in the best case some Broadcom cards that can be made to > work given some effort. In worst case with Atheros cards that require some > magic to make them work. * imho if you buy a laptop that has Intel HD > graphics, Intel network card and Intel wireless card, it will work out of > the Centos box. but those are too expensive for me. Greetings, J. Op > 16-08-13 18:06, carlopmart schreef: > >> Hi all, >>> >>> First of all, sorry for the OT. I need to buy a new laptop for my >>> work. My prerequisites are: >>> >>> - RAM: 6/8 GiB (preferably 8 GiB) >>> - Processor: Core i7 >>> - Disk: up to 500 GiB for SATA, 128 GiB for SSD. >>> - Graphics card: Intel HD (I really hate to use Nvidia or ATI Radeon >>> graphics cards). >>> >>> The most important tasks will be: >>> >>> - Surf the web :) >>> - Read email >>> - And the Most important task: I need to install complete virtual >>> test >>> labs on it using KVM, Xen and VMware suites to run several different >>> types of OSes: RHEL, CentOS, OEL, Solaris-like, BSD, Windows 2012/2008 >>> R2, etc. >>> >>> I purchased (20 months ago) and use an ASUS G73S - this has an Core i7, > I loaded it with 16GB of RAM, and added a 64GB SSD to the already installed > 500GB HDD. It has a great screen, blueray DVD writer and a high end Nvidia > graphics card. > It is running CentOS 6.4 and with some help from elrepo the keyboard > backlight works along with most of the function keys. Network both wired > and wireless worked out of the box. It boots from SSD in less than 30 > seconds - all in all it has been a great machine. > The only weakness has been the touchpad, and this has been an issue with > the machine construction and impacts all OS's. If I am doing lots of work I > use a hardware rodent and disable the touchpad (function key for this does > not work yet). > I have used ASUS MB for years and like them alot, this laptop is the first > ASUS purchase for me, but I would buy it again. > HTH > > Any suggestions?? My first choice will be Toshiba or Lenovo laptops and >>> of course it needs to be 100% compatible with CentOS6 (or almost at 95%). >>> >>> Thanks. >>> >>> >>> ______________________________**_________________ >>> CentOS mailing list >>> CentOS at centos.org >>> http://lists.centos.org/**mailman/listinfo/centos<http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos> >>> >> ______________________________**_________________ >> CentOS mailing list >> CentOS at centos.org >> http://lists.centos.org/**mailman/listinfo/centos<http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos> >> > > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > -- "The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift." (A. Einstein) "La mente intuitiva è un dono sacro e la mente razionale è un fedele servo. Noi abbiamo creato una società che onora il servo e ha dimenticato il dono." (A. Einstein) Fabrizio Di Carlo