[OpenIndiana-discuss] Looking for capable notebook for OI and other OSes, small size and with real network.

[Gregory S. Youngblood]

If you find a good option I would like to know. The last good laptop I have personally used that worked great with open Indiana was my Lenovo T61p from 2008. I still have it and it works well though it is a bit dated and big.

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"Hans J. Albertsson" <hans.j.albertsson at branneriet.se> wrote:

>I've been looking at possible choices for a small note-book for OI and 
>some sort of Windows in dual boot, possibly even an ultrabook thingie.
>
>However, I keep running into disappointments:
>
>The biggest one is the apparent scarcity of proper high-capacity GB 
>wired ethernet.
>
>Also, if I'd like to run such a thing under some Illumos based OS, I'd 
>have to think very carefully.
>
>I sort of liked the Dell XPS 13 Linux Developer's Edition; small, full 
>HD screen, nice kbd, very thin and fairly large SSD disk.
>
>But, running it under OI151a7??? I think that might be a bit unlikely to 
>succeed!
>
>So, what advice can people give me on this subject?
>
>The Dell XPS 13 is the right price range, around €1000.
>The size is very nice, the screen is VERY good..
>
>So, there's a nice exterior target type, but what if I absolutely 
>require to run OI and have a proper network connector, and PXE capacity?
>And MUST run OI, with working wired network and graphics accel.
>
>
>
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