> An ad today in the Business section of HT sells a model of compaq > (2184at) for Rs. 45k with Mandrake 9.1 ( a welcome change from Turbo > Linux in many other machines like LG MyPC). > > Anybody here has any experience with these low end Compaq laptops? Are > they worth the money?
I bought a Compaq 2199CA (Athlon XP-M 2500+, 512 MB, 40 GB, WiFi) a week ago, but returned it mostly due to the weight (3.6 kg). Solid construction and fast performance made it a winner for its price tag ($1549 CDN / Rs. ~53k). The graphics were powered by a similar Radeon chipset (320 IGP) and the output was quite clean. The short battery life (~2 hrs) is something that also worried me, but not a problem if you leave the notebook plugged in at work all day. However, the 2184AT is about a pound lighter, due to a smaller screen (and probably has better battery life). I'm not really a fan of the Celeron's though, as the Athlon CPU's are usually cheaper and outperform the Celeron's in nearly all computing tasks [1]. [1] http://www.anandtech.com/cpu/showdoc.html?i=1927 Regards, Avinesh _______________________________________________ ilugd mailinglist -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/
