The graphics should work in VESA mode. The wifi doesn't look too good, though. Since we have a FreeBSD network driver compatibility layer, I have websearched for "freebsd Intel Wireless-N 7260" and it looks like there's no driver yet...
I recently bought a new notebook (posted in this forum about it) which has an on-chip intel HD4600 and therefore also only VESA. But it works just as well as my old notebook's nvidia 7600 which did have a dedicated Haiku driver.
As long as Haiku doesn't make use of the hardware capabilities of the GPU, it pretty much doesn't matter if you're on VESA or not. Much more interesting is wlan, lan, usb and audio IMO.
VESA still doesn't let you set different resolutions per workspace, does it? Also, oddball screensizes are more graciously handled by native drivers: that can be especially important with laptops.
Even under VESA you can set the resolution of individual workspaces. I think the available resolutions under VESA depend on the BIOS. I think normally it should support the native resolution of your panel. Things can get more interesting when using an external monitor with another aspect ratio, e.g. 16:10 or 4:3 if your panel is 16:10...
I recently bought a new notebook (posted in this forum about it) which has an on-chip intel HD4600 and therefore also only VESA.
With a simple commit in hrev47775 it's good-bye VESA, hello intel_extreme driver. Not that I see any difference...
Regards,
Humdinger
I have submitted a ticket because my 3rd gen intel graphics does not work (not even the vesa driver). https://dev.haiku-os.org/ticket/11180
Hope it can be added to the intel_extreme driver.
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Re: Laptop
Hi DFergATL,
The graphics should work in VESA mode. The wifi doesn't look too good, though. Since we have a FreeBSD network driver compatibility layer, I have websearched for "freebsd Intel Wireless-N 7260" and it looks like there's no driver yet...
See the FreeBSD hardware list for other compatible chipsets.
Regards,
Humdinger
Re: Laptop
Thanks Humdinger
Well this laptop isn't for me then. I need the wireless and I just don't like VESA. I shall keep looking.
David
Re: Laptop
Hi DFergATL!
I recently bought a new notebook (posted in this forum about it) which has an on-chip intel HD4600 and therefore also only VESA. But it works just as well as my old notebook's nvidia 7600 which did have a dedicated Haiku driver.
As long as Haiku doesn't make use of the hardware capabilities of the GPU, it pretty much doesn't matter if you're on VESA or not. Much more interesting is wlan, lan, usb and audio IMO.
Regards,
Humdinger
Re: Laptop
I'd highly recommend a thinkpad X or T series. The X60/X61 work well and are not too expensive, for newer hardware the X200 up to X230 are great.
Re: Laptop
I recently bought a new notebook (posted in this forum about it) which has an on-chip intel HD4600 and therefore also only VESA.
With a simple commit in hrev47775 it's good-bye VESA, hello intel_extreme driver. Not that I see any difference...
Regards,
Humdinger
Re: Laptop
VESA still doesn't let you set different resolutions per workspace, does it? Also, oddball screensizes are more graciously handled by native drivers: that can be especially important with laptops.
Re: Laptop
Hi Michel,
Even under VESA you can set the resolution of individual workspaces. I think the available resolutions under VESA depend on the BIOS. I think normally it should support the native resolution of your panel. Things can get more interesting when using an external monitor with another aspect ratio, e.g. 16:10 or 4:3 if your panel is 16:10...
Regards,
Humdinger
Re: Laptop
I recently bought a new notebook (posted in this forum about it) which has an on-chip intel HD4600 and therefore also only VESA.
With a simple commit in hrev47775 it's good-bye VESA, hello intel_extreme driver. Not that I see any difference...
Regards,
Humdinger
I have submitted a ticket because my 3rd gen intel graphics does not work (not even the vesa driver).
https://dev.haiku-os.org/ticket/11180
Hope it can be added to the intel_extreme driver.