OK immediate thoughts: see product number XC3394 on http://www.dse.co.nz/
price $1500, not bad. one of the cheaper laptops around. but see below. transmeta crusoe 1GHz - not the fastest, but should be ok no floppy (do we care any more?) cdrw/dvd - great video - no mention of chipset, it works with linux but is it accelerated? 3d? dse don't say. NO PCMCIA/CARDBUS mentioned - big bummer. no firewire - bummer again, they are getting pretty common on laptops no wireless and nowhere to put any of my pcmcia wireless cards. usb wireless cards available, but do THEY work with linux? not according to the dse site. <quote>Also tested with Linux Mandrake 9.2 & Knoppix 3.3 - please see support section for notes on Linux installation.</quote> - no link to the support section. where is it? 256MB Ram supplied is the max it will take - BIG BUMMER - the one thing that would compensate for the slower processor is unavailable. Good move DSE, but why a laptop without all the bits? If you are serious about selling to linux users, where is the output of lspci -v? <quote>Keep costs down by supplying & installing your own operating system</quote> Seems more like keep costs down by supplying something cut down with no ability to upgrade the memory, and no ability to use the very good and cheap collection of available, linux compatible pcmcia gear out there. I can't see where the no OS discount applies. Add $200 for Win XP and you are at $1700.00. Add another $200 and you get the acer travelmate (XC5467) with a 2.5G celeron max 2G ram, 2 pcmcia slots. IR, a vid chip that will do dri in xfree 4.3, I am left wondering whether that price difference of $200 isn't in fact the price difference in real hardare features, and nothing more. On Fri, 27 Feb 2004 09:37:12 +1300 Michael Pearce <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I will let you know what the pricing is when I recieve the email from DSE. > > > Mike > > -- > Linux Rocks! -- Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
