Date: Thu, 5 May 2005 21:11:44 -0700 (PDT) From: John <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] New Lib is a miss. Again :(
the p-m can clocked down to whatever you need it so you can buy it and clock it to 300 if you want. chances are it will run around 300-500MHz anyway to keep it from over heating. heating systems are very backwards in these mini-notebooks. --- Vitaly Pavlenko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Date: Thu, 5 May 2005 17:47:42 +0400 > From: Vitaly Pavlenko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: New Lib is a miss. Again :( > > Hi! > > I am surprised many of you are excited about the > release of the new lib. Yes, compared to some of the > machines from the past it looks good. But let's > compare to the better ones. > > Asus S200N. > http://asusnb.ru/cgi-bin/catalog.pl?option=FullModelInfo&id=12 > Sorry, I am not sure of where else this model is > available, probably under different name. I think > you don't have to know Russian to understand the > specs. Retails from about $1300. I think this one > can be directly compared to the new Lib but is still > better despite released a couple of years ago. About > the same size, but bigger (yes, a bit lower > resolution) screen (and keyboard?) as it covers > almost all useful area. New lib has some extra > features, but come on, if we include reader for > every flash standard inside the case... Who asked > for the fingerprint reader? Really, who needs this? > > Indirect comparison. My lib SS1000 dates back to 98. > That is 7(!) years ago. For those of you who don't > know, it's like L50/70 but only 1 inch thick and > beats L100/110 in every department except wide > screen and video memory (sigh). Uses 6.35 mm thick > 2.5" HDD. Today, Tosh makes 1.8" HDD of reasonable > capacity, single-platter versions are 5 mm thick > (use strange connector, anybody knows how to convert > to standard 44 pins?). We all know we went down to > 90 nm from 250 nm since then. So don't clock it at 1 > GHz but go for, say, 300 MHz instead and it will > still be very acceptable, dissipating even less heat > than original mobile iP-MMX. The entire machine > would be like 1/2 of 50/70 (with the wide screen and > Libretto-type mouse - my choice, or with very wide > screen and pointer inside the keyboard). But where > is it? Waited 7 years, still counting... > > So, I am frustrated again. *They* ARE again > misleading us. No choice again. They'd better > continue making new battery packs so that people > don't have to risk their lives :). > > Just my 2 roubles. > > Regards, > Vitaly > > P.S. Presence of the fan must be included in the > specs. Or am I out of luck trying to find fanless > notebook today and forever? > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
