-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Mandar, > Thanks for a very illuminating reply! Heh! > Right, that's what I was thinking too. I expect to use emacs + latex mostly, > and occasionally gcc/gdb, no compute-intensive stuff. But I'll probably need > to use OpenOffice now and then, and that's a bit of a killer (even v2.0). Exactly. > Do you know offhand which of the major brands come with the AMD Turion? Soumyadip suggested one already, and I guess some Acer (!) laptops come with Turion. Not too popular in India yet though ...
> Thankfully, the money will come from official funding, still, does bomb > mean > 1 lakh? Also, does light usually mean small? I have large hands, > so something the width of the Compaq wide-screens is comfortable. There are a few awesome ones in the Toshiba Tecra & the Portege series. Also there are a few lightweight stuff from HP/Compaq & IBM. Do check them out. Generally ultra-portables do have smaller screens [13 - 10 inch], but there are exceptions. And in anyway, a smaller screen doesn't always mean a smaller keyboard. Just visit the dealer and check them out. Regards, BG - -- Baishampayan Ghose b.ghose at gmail.com -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFDXmcXQkk0lIY2G3QRAnY+AKChpTxA/Uss4zhWRY4aM/+K8iIwUQCeNqek aI/UN9pDUiSAwnUrz8+g7ZQ= =rGe9 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the body "unsubscribe ilug-cal" and an empty subject line. FAQ: http://www.ilug-cal.org/node.php?id=3
