Karsten Hashimoto wrote: >> Looks like ATI/AMD is not the right choice so far. >> > > well, I have an Acer Travelmate 5520 with ATI Radeon graphics. It works > perfect under Solaris snv_110 (SXCE) and it has the right power with AMD > 64Bit DualCore and up to 4Gb Ram. > Plus: it was the best price offer at the time I bought it. Acer is still #1 > for me. On the negative side: wifi support, once disabled and Windows erased > you will never be able to switch it on again. > no support for all those special keys. I hope Acer will be more in the focus > of Sun as a laptop partner in future (Toshiba is not bad, but a little bit > more variety could make sense)
Intel or nVidia are the best options for graphics. In my personal opinion, if you want high-performance 3D, then nVidia is the only viable option if you use anything but Windows. The ATi drivers for anything other than Windows are questionable at best in my personal experience. -- Shawn Walker