Kelly Wright
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Hi Everybody !
I am a longtime orbiter going back to the red brick days. I am seeking general advice.
Back in 2009, I bought a Sony Vaio CW-17 FX with a Nvidia Geforce graphics card, just before I went overseas. To make a long story short, there is some sort of bliting problem that has prevented the 2-D panels from displaying correctly that I have never been able to sort out. Sony never updates video drivers for Vaio.
Unless someone has found a fix for this problem (the question has been asked many times with no solution). I am ready to trade-up to a new laptop.
What do you recommend ?
What Laptops do you all use now that are A-OK for Orbiter ?
I am particularly thinking about this one:
Dell XPS 15 Blu-ray Laptop
Intel Core i7-2670QM 2.2GHz
1GB GeForce GT 525M
But my previous bad experience Nvidia Geforce is scaring me off. Over the last 11 years of orbiter, I have never had any problems with ATI cards, but of course that was with earlier generations of Orbiter. Based on what I have read on the forum, ATI card users have had their share of problems also.
I am going to be traveling 28 weeks next year-so I want something small and light.
Thanks
I am a longtime orbiter going back to the red brick days. I am seeking general advice.
Back in 2009, I bought a Sony Vaio CW-17 FX with a Nvidia Geforce graphics card, just before I went overseas. To make a long story short, there is some sort of bliting problem that has prevented the 2-D panels from displaying correctly that I have never been able to sort out. Sony never updates video drivers for Vaio.
Unless someone has found a fix for this problem (the question has been asked many times with no solution). I am ready to trade-up to a new laptop.
What do you recommend ?
What Laptops do you all use now that are A-OK for Orbiter ?
I am particularly thinking about this one:
Dell XPS 15 Blu-ray Laptop
Intel Core i7-2670QM 2.2GHz
1GB GeForce GT 525M
But my previous bad experience Nvidia Geforce is scaring me off. Over the last 11 years of orbiter, I have never had any problems with ATI cards, but of course that was with earlier generations of Orbiter. Based on what I have read on the forum, ATI card users have had their share of problems also.
I am going to be traveling 28 weeks next year-so I want something small and light.
Thanks