Re: Laptop advice

2008-05-13 Thread Lennart Sorensen
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

Re: Laptop advice

2008-05-13 Thread Brett Viren
[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

Re: Laptop advice

2008-05-12 Thread Gilles Sadowski
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

Re: Laptop advice

2008-05-12 Thread Lennart Sorensen
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

Re: Laptop advice

2008-05-12 Thread Karl Schmidt
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

Re: Laptop advice

2008-05-12 Thread Jack Malmostoso
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.

Laptop advice

2008-05-10 Thread Gilles Sadowski
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

Re: Laptop advice

2008-05-10 Thread Jack Malmostoso
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.

Re: Laptop advice

2008-05-10 Thread Lennart Sorensen
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

Re: Laptop advice

2008-05-10 Thread Joerg Bashir
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

Re: Laptop advice

2008-05-10 Thread Lennart Sorensen
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