On Wednesday 22 December 2004 02:30 am, Mr O wrote: : The sad part isn't the 1Ghz C3 or the 128MB or RAM. It's the : 14.1" screen! I want something with a 10" screen and at least a : 3 to 5 hour battery life.
I dont know if ive seen anything like that... there are many in the 12" range, infact, a nice one (averatec 3250h) is onsale $300 off ($699), its a real nice machine (one friend did have a problem with the wireless shutting off every 1/2 hour... ). When i was looking for a new lappy a year ago, I was seriously looking at this model (well.. it was 3150 last year,...) I ended up getting the 5100 because it was $400 and just under $1000). Another nice lappy is the thinkpad, thinkpads work well with linux in general. there are a lot of thinkpad users, and lots of thinkpad/linux info on the web. you wont find a new thinkpad for $500, but you can get a used one for way under that, and still get a decent machine. I looked at walmarts computer section... they too have some nice machines, many under $1k. As far as battery life... heh! good luck! mine is supposed to run 5 hours, but I can tell you, even when it was brand new, it never did 5 hours (except in standby!) even brand new, it sometimes required AC before a dvd finished playing(less than 2 hours). If I dont watch a movie, anything over 2 hours is pretty good on this laptop. Averatec does make a multimedia lappy that acts like a dvd player and gets 4.5 hours of playback, but i havnt tested that model... it may do it. Right now its on sale at staples for $900. I tried a model simular to it, and i didnt like it (its huge, bulky, and awkward...) I just didnt like it. There is one at walmart that looks almost like mine, its a Averatec 5500, on sale for $788. Ive never seen that balance brand before... For what its worth, I wish I got an extended warrenty on this lappy, as getting it repaired under warrenty is going to be a real hassle. Jamie : : --- larry price <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: : > There are a few drawbacks : > http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.gsp?product_id=3504708 : > : > Linspire != your favorite operating environment : > : > VIA C# 1Ghz processor w/ 128MB ram is a bit tight, : > don't plan on doing a whole bunch of photo editing or sound : > design or : > anything that will eat resources. : > : > but this might be just the ticket if you need a machine for : > browser : > and ssh/ X-terminal type things. : > : > I'll bet Debian runs just fine on this thing. : : __________________________________ : Do you Yahoo!? : The all-new My Yahoo! - Get yours free! : http://my.yahoo.com : : : _______________________________________________ : EUGLUG mailing list : [email protected] : http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug -- Some people have told me they don't think a fat penguin really embodies the grace of Linux, which just tells me they have never seen a angry penguin charging at them in excess of 100mph. They'd be a lot more careful about what they say if they had. -- Linus Torvalds, announcing Linux v2.0 _______________________________________________ EUGLUG mailing list [email protected] http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug
