go for the 17000 one.. try it its new and with asus motherboard.. it will be fine.. i have a lenovo laptop.. it works perfectly fine with linux.. m completely satisfied.. waise i wont suggest u dell as some of my friends were not satisfied with the same..
On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 9:17 AM, Nalin Savara <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Folks... > Was leching at a advert for a Dell Inspiron 1525 Laptop with 2GB of RAM & > Core 2 Duo Centrino Processor for Rs 35,900 and Vista Home Premium > installed. > > Was also looking thru Shivkumar's recent post abt a Rs 17000/- ASUS > solid-state (meaning: without hard-disk) Laptop with Xandros Linux which > sounded tempting... esp coz it weighs just 900 grams... and even my > non-techie dad loved the sound of a 900 gram laptop... > > Now... I wanna know... > > --> Is the Above Dell machine a good choice/good value for cash ? > Especially because I dont like waiting 15-20 days for Dell to ship.. > > --> Anyone buy a good laptop/notebook from Nehru Place recently... and > installed linux on it ? I'd preferably like to buy it without paying for the > OS. > > --> How is Toshiba Laptop ? > > --> How is Lennovo ? > > My intended use: use GCC / other tools for high end dev work... atleast > occassionally. > Also, I want a good graphics capability... and if possible a good battery > life. > > Also, I recently saw on Dell website-- get 9-cell batt instead of 6-cell > batt--- by paying Rs 8060/- extra... crazy, considering that once upon a > time Dell offered me a 9-cell batt instead-- for just a extra Rs1000 or > 1200... > > What say ? > Feel free to mail the group/mail-me---> and feel free to link to relevant > blogs etc... > > Also, I believe that while Dell's above maybe a good choice for some-one in > Meerut or Aligarh... for us living next to Nehru place, I'm sure there must > be other cheap+good options... > > Thanks in Anticipation and Regards, > > -N.S > _______________________________________________ > ilugd mailinglist -- [email protected] > http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd > Next Event: http://freed.in - February 22-24, 2008 > Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > _______________________________________________ ilugd mailinglist -- [email protected] http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Next Event: http://freed.in - February 22-24, 2008 Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
