Sounds good! Saurabh, would you mind sending me over the spec of your Dell inspiron, with all the technical details ? I belive it'll help. Thanks Sonika On 7/17/08, saurabh gupta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 4:21 PM, Pranith Kumar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > >> On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 7:58 AM, sonika tyagi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> wrote: >> > Hi all...need some help! >> Hello, >> >> > >> > 1. 2.5Ghz/2.6 Ghz dual core processor ( is there a major difference in >> the >> > speed of the two... as the difference in the price is pretty large). >> >> 2.5Ghz is good enough. 2.6 costs an aweful more for 100mhz. >> >> > 2. two separate hard disks (making at least 250GB) for linux and >> > windows, >> > respectively. Are there any issues such as heating and speed with two >> > separate hard drives on the laptop? >> > The option I got was a 200GB SATA HDD (7.2k rpm) + 80MB PATA (5400 rpm) >> 2nd >> > drive...I am a bit skeptical about the PATA drive!!! >> >> why dont u take the second one as sata too?? >> > 3. 1X2GB SDRAM >> > 4. 9 cell Li-ion bettery >> >> Bad choice, if u ask me. 9 cell battery of dell is too heavy and >> carrying around the laptop will prove quite a burden. > > > I dont agree at all. I bought Dell Inspiron 1525, three weeks before and it > is of 9 cell battery. It has 250GB hard disk and 3 GB RAM and I cant explain > how light is this. It is even lighter than my friend's laptop from dell > which has 6 cell battery which they bought last year. I think with > advancement in technology Dell has made certain optimizations to make it > light in weight. And afterall 9 cell battery is going to give you more > backup than 6 cell battery and there is not going to be a much difference in > weight which should make you think about 6 cell.
> > >> >> > 5. 8X DVD RW >> > 6. 6MB L2 Cache with 800MHz FSB >> > 7. blue tooth >> > 8. wi-fi etc. >> > >> > Which audio/video, wireless network cards are the best with Linux ? >> > >> > Should there be any other issues you know of and would like to share? >> > >> Try the live cd if u have access to a machine and see if it works before >> buying. > > > Ubuntu 8.04 works like a charm on my laptop for both wireless and wired > internet connection. However I never had a working internet connection with > ubuntu 6.06. > >> >> >> D Pranith Kumar, >> Member, Technical Staff, >> Mentor Graphics, >> India. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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]/ >> > > > > -- > Saurabh Gupta > Electronics and Communication Engg. > _______________________________________________ > 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]/ > _______________________________________________ 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]/
