On Fri, 27 Feb 2004 16:18:54 +1300 Craig Falconer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> $1499 with average specs. > > I do like the weight, 2.6 Kg is fairly good for a modern laptop. Battery > life looks excessively low at 2 hours extimated, but its only a 1400 mAh > battery. The compaqs here have 4400 mAh batteries giving an estimated 3 > hours life.... Imagine est 5-6 hours on a battery that size. > > The rest look okay - I don't think most people would need more than 256 Mb > ram now, but that is the maximum. External floppy/wireless/bluetooth is > okay I guess... Makes it cheaper for those who don't want all of that. No, 512M is the max, RTWT (read the whole thread ), but it is one slot only, rendering your 256M redundant if you want to upgrade. IMHO the lack of pcmcia is the worst thing. those cards are just so tidy compared to a usb donble hanging off the back for wireless, one bump and you have probably cracked your motherboard. By the way I think I have sussed out where these laptops come from. DSE list it as an ECS notebook. A bit of research shows that ecs are indeed one of the only laptop computer makers who sell os-less laptops. They have two transmeta 1G models noted on their current offerings on the web page. None them seem to exactly match the specs on the dse page. It is worth noting that the company offers more conventional laptops too, so if the current dse trial is successful, expect to see some of those without ms tax. Also worth noting that although they do not bundle an OS, ECS's web site is full of "ECS recommend Windows XP", and claims to windows compatibility. Cannot see much refernce to windows. > > But I still can't afford one :-\ me neither. > -- Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
