The HP Envy series promises to be a big hit. It is the best laptop so far with "hybrid graphics" configuration: an integrated graphics card and a dedicated one that can be turned off. People has successfully been able to turn off ATI cards under Linux in two independent cases before: a Lenovo laptop and the Acer Timeline "G" models. See for example:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=7933876&postcount=11
The ATI graphics card in the HP Envy models is also OpenCL-capable, and ATI has just recently released OpenCL Linux drivers:
http://developer.amd.com/GPU/ATISTREAMSDKBETAPROGRAM/Pages/default.aspx
This puts the HP Envy series in the perfect spot for Linux users that want the same level of hardware functionality that MacBooks restrict to OSX.
Updated counts for the different groups:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=7933876&postcount=11
The ATI graphics card in the HP Envy models is also OpenCL-capable, and ATI has just recently released OpenCL Linux drivers:
http://developer.amd.com/GPU/ATISTREAMSDKBETAPROGRAM/Pages/default.aspx
This puts the HP Envy series in the perfect spot for Linux users that want the same level of hardware functionality that MacBooks restrict to OSX.
Updated counts for the different groups:
- Sony Vaio Z-series and Linux -- 152 active memberships
- Acer Aspire Timeline 3810T/4810T and Linux -- 98 active memberships
- Dell Latitude E4200/E4300 and Linux -- 50 active memberships
- Lenovo ThinkPad X301 and Linux -- 43 active memberships
- Toshiba Portege R500-R600 and Linux -- 14 active memberships
- Samsung X360 and Linux -- 13 active memberships
- Dell Adamo and Linux -- 4 active memberships
- HP Envy and Linux -- soon
No comments:
Post a Comment