On Mon, 5 Sep 2005, Geoffrey S. Mendelson wrote: > On Tue, Sep 06, 2005 at 12:13:34AM +0300, guy keren wrote: > > > the background to my question, is that i find myself going to various > > places to give lectures, and i need to be able to run a linux environment > > with a given configuration. too often i have to rely on other people > > bringing their laptops (and i personally hate laptops). > > Are you X86 centric? You can get a Macintosh "mini" from Yeda for about > $700+VAT. It has a 1.4gHz PPC processor, 256m of RAM (may be up to 512 now) > and an 80 gig hard drive, 2 USB 2 ports, firewire, ethernet and a DVI > video port that comes with a VGA adaptor.
and it weighs 2.9 pounds (6.4 kg) - much too heavy. it also has no PS/2 entries - i normally get to places where there are PCs, sometimes old PCs, and i can nick a local mouse+keyboard, so i can't rely on local USB devices. it does, however, remind me that i'll need an ethernet controller (this also solves the issue of installation - it can be done as a networked installation - ofcourse, i'll still need to be able to have an initial boot, and for that i guess i could connect an external floppy or CD drive, that won't be needed during travels). -- guy "For world domination - press 1, or dial 0, and please hold, for the creator." -- nob o. dy ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
