Hi, I had prevously posted to this group with questions concerning thinkpad pad T42 and based on the discussion had ordered it(in US, am in India). Unfortunately It will take a long time before I can get it, around 8 more months. So am planning to buy a second hand IBM machine in India for that time period. There is an IBM 600 series PII 400Mhz 192MB machine. It would be helpfull if I can know about the performance of these machines with say Debian Sarge.
I would need to compile a lot of code and do some scripting. Also I would need to read pdf files(I prefer evince) and use the Internet(Firefox) and my Office LAN and the regular tools.. ssh telnet ftp svn etc..Also Open Office once in a while. Will this machine serve my purpose for the time being. Am in India and the new IBM machines Cost way over head here *they are not affordable* in India. Will I be able to use a pcmcia card and get wireless LAN. I know GNU/Linux is portable but I have not worked on 400 Mhz machines. My Desktop is a PIII 866Mhz 256MB RAM and it takes around 20 minutes to compile 2.6.15 kernel release. How much will the TP600 take for this task because this might give me a vague picture. I did go around googling and on linux-laptops but they mostly talk about Installation, My concern is of relevance of machine specification with regards the work i mentioned. Thanks Justin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
