On Wed, 10 Dec 2003 21:45:42 -0500 Brandon Erik Bertelsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Greg Meyer wrote: > > >On Wednesday 10 December 2003 11:28 am, Fajar Priyanto wrote: > > > > > >>Dear all, > >>Remember my decision to buy a notebook? I've been doing some > >comparisons>and come into this difficult point, I hope you can > >help me out on this.> > >>I have 3 choices: > >>1. Compaq presario 2516AP (USD 1,400) > >>- Intel Pentium 4 processor 2.66Ghz > >>- 256MB DDR SDRAM > >>- 40GB HDD > >>- 15" TFT XGA display > >>- Built in FDD > >>- DVD + CDRW Combo > >>- 64 MB VRAM Shared DDR Memory > >>- Integrated Modem/LAN > >>- Bag > >> > >>2. Compaq presario X1033AP (USD1,700) > >>- Intel Centrino mobile technology > >> Intel Pentium M processor 1.4Ghz > >> Intel 855PM Chipset > >> Intel PRO Wireless LAN 2100 > >>- 256MB DDR RAM > >>- 40GB HDD > >>- DVD drive > >>- 802.11b wireless LAN > >>- 15.4 WXGA > >>- Integrated Modem and LAN > >>- 64MB ATI Mobility Radeon 9200 graphics > >> > >>3. IBM Thinkpad R40e model 2684AA5 (USD 1,375) > >>- Mobile Intel Pentium 4 Processor 2.2Ghz > >>- 14.1 TFT Display > >>- 256 MB DDR SDRAM > >>- 30GB HDD > >>- DVD & CDRW Combo > >>- Modem and LAN > >>- USD FDD 1.44" > >> > >>Also, what is the benefit of using Mobile processor than > >ordinary Pentium>4? > >> > >> > >> > >The Wireless card in the first choice won't work in Linux. Not > >supported by Intel. A company called Linuxant has something > >called the driverloader that will let you use a WinXP driver with > >it, but it costs $20 and is closed source. I have tried it and > >it does work. > > > >IBM seems to be one of the more Linux friendly machines. I have > >a T41 and got everything going quite easily. I personally would > >not buy Compaq because they do so many non-standard things with > >their hardware, making it hard to do nonstandard things like > >install Linux :-). I may be wrong, but from what I read when I > >bought my T41, lots of people seemed to have lots of problems > >with Compaq and Toshiba and Linux. > > > >The Pentium-M is also nice. the 1.4 is about the equivalent of a > >2.2MHz P4 and the 1.6MHz is more like a 2.4-2.5. One of the main > >advantages is low power consumption. If you want you machine to > >go a long time on the battery, the Pentium-M is the way to go. > > > >have you looked at http://www.linux-laptop.net for info? > > > > > >---------------------------------------------------------------- > >-------- > > > >Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > >Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > > > > > What about a Dell? > > > I was about to ask the same thing. I'm using a Dell 1100 el cheapo with great satisfaction with mdk 9.2 and win2k in VMware. Love it. Lee -- User #223705 Linux Counter, http://counter.li.org
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