On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 10:48:35AM -0400, Brett Viren wrote:
I've recently been shopping for a T61. It is easy to stay below $1k
and hard to go much above $1.5k. Given their specs, I would call this
cheap. Also, the fact that it comes with SuSE pre-installed means
little worry about putting
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Lennart Sorensen) writes:
A thinkpad that's cheap? I didn't think that was ever possible. They
are quite nice in general though.
I've recently been shopping for a T61. It is easy to stay below $1k
and hard to go much above $1.5k. Given their specs, I would call this
Hello.
Thanks for all the advice.
A thinkpad that's cheap? I didn't think that was ever possible. They
are quite nice in general though.
How to assess cheapness? I saw that prices span quite a large range...
Everyone here seems to agree that a ThinkPad is nice but expensive. So what
does
On Mon, May 12, 2008 at 11:30:06PM +0200, Gilles Sadowski wrote:
How to assess cheapness? I saw that prices span quite a large range...
Everyone here seems to agree that a ThinkPad is nice but expensive. So what
does one get for the higher price (with respect to other laptops)?
They do tend
How to assess cheapness? I saw that prices span quite a large range...
Everyone here seems to agree that a ThinkPad is nice but expensive. So what
does one get for the higher price (with respect to other laptops)?
Cheap computers are VERY expensive, if your time is worth anything. Figure the
On Mon, 12 May 2008 23:40:19 +0200, Gilles Sadowski wrote:
This one (ThinkPad R61) is currently a special offer at my usual IT
shop:
http://www5.pc.ibm.com/europe/products.nsf/$wwwPartNumLookup/_NF0FDxx?
openOpenDocumentepi=web_express
It seems that it has all the recommended components.
Hello.
Sorry if this slightly off-topic.
But what laptops would you currently advise to buy?
Obviously, the purpose is that all the components be supported by Debian
GNU/Linux.
Specifications:
- Lightweight but usable (i.e. screen should be 14 or 15).
- Wired network adapter
- Wireless
On Sat, 10 May 2008 15:30:10 +0200, Gilles Sadowski wrote:
- Lightweight but usable (i.e. screen should be 14 or 15).
I'd stick with 13.3, since nowadays you seem to only be getting
widescreen laptops. And those are pretty big.
- Wired network adapter
Can't think of a non supported one.
On Sat, May 10, 2008 at 01:41:57PM +, Jack Malmostoso wrote:
On Sat, 10 May 2008 15:30:10 +0200, Gilles Sadowski wrote:
- Lightweight but usable (i.e. screen should be 14 or 15).
I'd stick with 13.3, since nowadays you seem to only be getting
widescreen laptops. And those are
On May 10, 2008, at 7:29, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Lennart
Sorensen) wrote:
On Sat, May 10, 2008 at 01:41:57PM +, Jack Malmostoso wrote:
On Sat, 10 May 2008 15:30:10 +0200, Gilles Sadowski wrote:
- Lightweight but usable (i.e. screen should be 14 or 15).
I'd stick with 13.3, since
On Sat, May 10, 2008 at 09:58:18AM -0700, Joerg Bashir wrote:
1440x1050 is a nice crisp resolution on a T61.
I saw a thinkpad with a 1600x1200 about 5 years ago. Now that was a
screen. IBM's sales people tried to talk them out of getting that one
because they had a lot of difficulties getting
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