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Re: AROS on laptop *OR* MorphOS on MacBook ?
« Reply #14 from previous page: September 08, 2011, 02:37:23 PM »
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Sorry to seem harsh, however I think I have to translate in simplier words espskog's question:

"can you tell me the exact vendor and model of any AROS-supported notebook? I wish it had 1) wi fi and 2) 3D acceleration working, in this order of importance".

So now, if someone knows such brand and model, please tell him what to buy. Unluckily I am not able to do so, since the only portable computers I have supported by AROS are a Compaq Presario N610c and an Acer (not asus) Aspire One netbook A150, both without 3D acceleration. And only the netbook has wi-fi.



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Re: AROS on laptop *OR* MorphOS on MacBook ?
« Reply #15 on: September 08, 2011, 02:49:27 PM »
Heh, Asus Aspire,..... I keep saying that  :)

As mentioned I guess it really depends on what a person wants to do. My loathing of ATOM cpus (once upon a time it at least had a point, these days its barely any more power economical than a Sandy Bridge based cpu, let alone something like an E-350, which is not only more power economical, but also has an intergrated radeon 6xxx gpu ondie) probably slightly biases any info I suggest, but at $50 I guess it's not like youre taking any real finacial risks.
Near as I can tell this is where I write something under the guise of being innocuous, but really its a pot shot at another persons/peoples choice of Amiga based systems. Unfortunately only I cant see how transparent and petty it makes me look.
 

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Re: AROS on laptop *OR* MorphOS on MacBook ?
« Reply #16 on: September 08, 2011, 05:28:07 PM »
Many thanks for all the tips and the information. It is true, I do not really need 3D since I will be using it as a "sofa-computer" whereas wifi is more important as I need it to ssh into my server and do administrative things without having to walk over to the server (lazyness ftw). And of course, everybody hates cables...or at least I do. So all I want is the power cord as the extra cabling to the laptop. Now, I could of course use a linux distro -- but I think that is too easy. It is much cooler to run a real os like AROS :)


So I put in an offer for a A110 Acer Aspire at $40. We'll see if it get it or not. Nevertheless, I aggree with you guys. It is probably easy to find a cheap laptop which will boot up AROS aswell, but from my angle, I need it to have wifi working.

Now, I do see that the driver for Realtek USB dongles will be out in a few days. This would solve my problems as I could just use a Realtek NanoUSB adapter ***IF*** the adapter chipset is supported. I would really like to see which Realtek chipsets are supported so I can order a dongle which I know will work.

3D -- would be nice for a desktop pc where I could play some games and stuff on, and I might go for one when I feel like it (future project to build one that is mini-itx sized with vesa mounts for the back of the monitor).

Ah, if I just get the possibility to SSH from aros -- that's 99% of what I require :D

And telnet to my BBS, of course (which is over at silverhawk.ath.cx for those who likes BBS's) -- We've been up for 20 years soon. Yihaa...