I have been waiting quite a while for a potential capable mobile
workstation for useable HDV editing with Cinelerra on Linux. Finally, in
my opinion the new, "general" HP Compaq 8710w mobile workstations does
feature promising specs for this purpose. Before buying, I hope to get
some feedback and viewpoints:
HP Compaq 8710w comes available in three preconfigured models:
1) KE191EA 8710w T9500/NvidiaFX3600/17"WUXGA
WVA/1x2GB/200GB(7200rpm)/Blue Ray/802.11a-b-g-n/BT/TPM/FPR/Vista
Business Downgrade/3-3-0
2) GC124EA 8710w T7700/NvidiaFX1600/17"WUXGA
WVA/1x2GB/120GB(7200rpm)/DVD+-RW/802.11a-b-g-n/BT/TPM/FPR/Vista
Business/3-3-0
3) GC125EA 8710w T7700/NvidiaFX1600/17"WUXGA
WVA/1x2GB/120GB(7200rpm)/DVD+-RW/802.11a-b-g-n/BT/TPM/FPR/XP Pro/3-3-0
Optional FreeDOS and Linux:
Dependent on countries, FreeDOS is optional available as a special
dealer configuration. I've started to search about this, to see if I can
avoid to pay the Windows Vista tax.
On Oct. 05, 2007 a previous, now lower end 8710w model was also
certified with Novell Suse Linux Enterprise 10 (SLED 10)
http://developer.novell.com/yes/91889.htm
Even that the new high-end model 1) above has another, more powerful
CPU, graphics and Blu-ray burner, I think the previous certification
still has much relevance to make this new model 1) a relative safe
selection for both SLED10/openSUSE and Linux in general. One user has
reported successful use with Ubuntu.
Previous on this list, I think that a Xeon 3.0 GHz CPU on stationary
workstations has been recommended to manage useable speed for HDV
editing with Cinelerra.
Therefore, what about the mobile
Intel Core 2 Duo CPUs, T9500 vs. T7700 above?
* T9500: 2.60 GHz, 6 MB L2 cache, 800 MHz FSB
* T7700: 2.40 GHz, 4 MB L2 cache, 800 MHz FSB
Graphics
NVIDIA Quadro FX 1600M vs. FX 3600M graphics with 512 MB dedicated video
memory?
http://h20195.www2.hp.com/PDF/4AA1-1840EEE.pdf
http://h20195.www2.hp.com/PDF/c01045541.pdf
Cheers,
Terje J. Hanssen
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