> Hi, > > I plan to buy a new Notebook later this year.The > primary use of the Notebook should be to run > OpenSolaris and Ubuntu. > > I'm thinking about buying the Thinkpad T60 or T61 and > therefor I've some questions regarding the hardware > options for the Thinkpad T60/T61s: > > The T60/T61 comes with one of the following graphics > adapters: > > * Intel Graphics Media Accelerator X3100 > * nVidia Quadro NVS 140m (128MB, 256MB, or 512MB) > > Which one of these is best for Solaris?
Here's a comment a question you didn't ask: what screen size and shape? I have a new T61 14.1" widescreen w/nVidia graphics. I like the form factor since I carry it in a backpack during my ferry commute. Screen res of this one is 1440x900. My observation/complaint has to do with virtualization (I see this mentioned down-thread). When running VMWare a reasonable host virtual screen resolution doesn't _quite_ fit within the 900 vertical pixels of the real screen. Once VMWare has added its window "frame" to the client screen it is a little too tall to run 1024x768 fully on-screen. 800x600 seems a little cramped for a client screen. Further, IIRC, some T61s actually have lower resolution screens. ???x800 I think. I don't have any experience w/Xen. I like the T61 (which multiboots Linux and Solari OK in addition to the virtual clients) but I kind of miss my T43's 1400x1050 screen when running virtual client screens. Oh, and it won't quite fit the website pages I tend to visit without limiting the font size somewhat. Kind of an oddball reason for picking a screen resolution. Just my $.02.. Bill This message posted from opensolaris.org
