Re: [Flightgear-devel] [OT] laptops
Giles Robertson schrieb: By contrast, my experience with Acer laptops has not been good, but that may not be Acer's fault, due to various complicated support arrangements. The build quality on mine wasn't designed for it being humped around and used for at least 8hrs a day, though, which mine is. That's what I said about the different quality models the different companies offer... There are cheap, low quality Acers (and HPs, IBMs, ...) as well as expensive high quality ones. That's why tests for specific models are so important. There are also quite a few laptop designs that are sold by different companies only with slight modifications... CU, Christian PS: Some kinds of IBM laptops are build by Acer... Giles Robertson -Original Message- From: Christian Mayer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 10 May 2004 22:07 To: FlightGear developers discussions Subject: Re: [Flightgear-devel] [OT] laptops Jim Wilson schrieb: > I've been asked to recommend a laptop with long battery life for use on long > trans continental airline flights. The user is word processing/spreadsheet > oriented. Get an Centrino based laptop. Windows is fully supported and Linux is getting there (the WLAN driver is in a useable beta stage) The brand (Acer, Dell, IBM, ...) doesn't really matter. Every major player has high quality / high price modells as well as those with a smaller price tag (and a not so good quality...) CU, Christian PS: I'm writing this on an Acer Travelmate 800 series laptop - which I'd buy again. It's high quality with a very reasonable price tag. And performance (even with FlightGear) is great ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel
RE: [Flightgear-devel] [OT] laptops
By contrast, my experience with Acer laptops has not been good, but that may not be Acer's fault, due to various complicated support arrangements. The build quality on mine wasn't designed for it being humped around and used for at least 8hrs a day, though, which mine is. Benchmarks I've seen of Dothan don't seem to suggest that it's worth the higher price tag, especially considering, although the operating power is lower, the standby power is higher, so battery life remains much the same. Giles Robertson > -Original Message- > From: Christian Mayer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 10 May 2004 22:07 > To: FlightGear developers discussions > Subject: Re: [Flightgear-devel] [OT] laptops > > Jim Wilson schrieb: > > > I've been asked to recommend a laptop with long battery life for use on > long > > trans continental airline flights. The user is word > processing/spreadsheet > > oriented. > > Get an Centrino based laptop. > > Windows is fully supported and Linux is getting there (the WLAN driver > is in a useable beta stage) > > The brand (Acer, Dell, IBM, ...) doesn't really matter. Every major > player has high quality / high price modells as well as those with a > smaller price tag (and a not so good quality...) > > CU, > Christian > > PS: I'm writing this on an Acer Travelmate 800 series laptop - which I'd > buy again. It's high quality with a very reasonable price tag. And > performance (even with FlightGear) is great > > > > ___ > Flightgear-devel mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel
Re: [Flightgear-devel] [OT] laptops
Intel has _just_ realased the Dothan series of mobile processers, so Intel's Centrino technology is great for battery life. They have processers as low as 1 GHz using like only 1.1 volts I believe, keeping it alive for much longer. And as long as he has a nice videocard (aka Nvidia or ATi 128 mb card) any new processer should be fine for FG. DO NOT get a normal pentium 4, unless the thing has one big a** fan; it WILL overheat VERY quickly. I speak from experience, our 2 GHz p4 laptop will shutdown from heat after 5 min of running FG. Dell and Toshiba, should be good quallity-wise, but Gateway and HP I've had (many) bad experiences with like defective products, trashy coustomer service, etc... Hope this helps, -Ethan >From: Christian Mayer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: FlightGear developers discussions <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: FlightGear developers discussions <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: [Flightgear-devel] [OT] laptops >Date: Tue, 11 May 2004 00:06:44 +0200 >MIME-Version: 1.0 >Received: from baron.me.umn.edu ([128.101.142.119]) by mc6-f41.hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.6713); Mon, 10 May 2004 15:18:16 -0700 >Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=baron.me.umn.edu)by baron.me.umn.edu with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian))id 1BNJ68-l1-00; Mon, 10 May 2004 17:18:08 -0500 >Received: from natnoddy.rzone.de ([81.169.145.166])by baron.me.umn.edu with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian))id 1BNJ5t-ku-00for <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Mon, 10 May 2004 17:17:53 -0500 >Received: from ChristianMayer.de (p213.54.237.156.tisdip.tiscali.de[213.54.237.156])by post.webmailer.de (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i4AMHjec014214for <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>;Tue, 11 May 2004 00:17:49 +0200 (MEST) >X-Message-Info: P3NBY493gE4HY0WSm21bPf+hjszfTIEm >Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Organization: Christian Mayer Büro- und EDV-Systeme >User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; de-DE;rv:1.4) Gecko/20030619 Netscape/7.1 (ax) >X-Accept-Language: de,en >References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >X-BeenThere: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.4 >Precedence: list >List-Id: FlightGear developers discussions >List-Unsubscribe: , >List-Archive: >List-Post: >List-Help: >List-Subscribe: , >Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Return-Path: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >X-OriginalArrivalTime: 10 May 2004 22:18:19.0992 (UTC) FILETIME=[B32BE580:01C436DC] > >Jim Wilson schrieb: > >>I've been asked to recommend a laptop with long battery life for >>use on long >>trans continental airline flights. The user is word >>processing/spreadsheet >>oriented. > >Get an Centrino based laptop. > >Windows is fully supported and Linux is getting there (the WLAN >driver is in a useable beta stage) > >The brand (Acer, Dell, IBM, ...) doesn't really matter. Every major >player has high quality / high price modells as well as those with a >smaller price tag (and a not so good quality...) > >CU, >Christian > >PS: I'm writing this on an Acer Travelmate 800 series laptop - which >I'd buy again. It's high quality with a very reasonable price tag. >And performance (even with FlightGear) is great > > > >___ >Flightgear-devel mailing list >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel Watch LIVE baseball games on your computer with MLB.TV, included with MSN Premium! ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel
Re: [Flightgear-devel] [OT] laptops
Jim Wilson schrieb: I've been asked to recommend a laptop with long battery life for use on long trans continental airline flights. The user is word processing/spreadsheet oriented. Get an Centrino based laptop. Windows is fully supported and Linux is getting there (the WLAN driver is in a useable beta stage) The brand (Acer, Dell, IBM, ...) doesn't really matter. Every major player has high quality / high price modells as well as those with a smaller price tag (and a not so good quality...) CU, Christian PS: I'm writing this on an Acer Travelmate 800 series laptop - which I'd buy again. It's high quality with a very reasonable price tag. And performance (even with FlightGear) is great ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel
RE: [Flightgear-devel] [OT] laptops
Practically all laptops allow you to buy another battery, so even though you have to power down the laptop to switch, you don't do too badly. With that, I can last the 5:30hr journey by train from London to Edinburgh. (Word processing only. If you want to run FGFS, or compile it, then you are looking at *much* shorter timescales). Spreadsheet could be more intensive depending on application. Giles Robertson. > -Original Message- > From: Curtis L. Olson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 10 May 2004 21:03 > To: FlightGear developers discussions > Subject: Re: [Flightgear-devel] [OT] laptops > > Jim Wilson wrote: > > >I've been asked to recommend a laptop with long battery life for use on > long > >trans continental airline flights. The user is word > processing/spreadsheet > >oriented. > > > >This isn't my cup of tea, as I'm more of a book reader in flight (who > doesn't > >like carrying crap--even 6 lb computers--around airports). I am aware of > the > >technical issues and websites with specs online. Just hoping for some > first > >person accounts of actual performance. > > > > > > Some laptops I've seen (Dell) allow you to substitute an extra battery > pack instead of the cd rom drive giving you 2x the normal battery > life. That makes a big difference in how long your laptop is useful > ... I've also seen people buy extra batteries and charge them up in > advance ... more weight to carry but a reasonable option. > > Curt. > > -- > Curtis Olsonhttp://www.flightgear.org/~curt > HumanFIRST Program http://www.humanfirst.umn.edu/ > FlightGear Project http://www.flightgear.org > Unique text:2f585eeea02e2c79d7b1d8c4963bae2d > > > ___ > Flightgear-devel mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel
Re: [Flightgear-devel] [OT] laptops
Jim Wilson wrote: I've been asked to recommend a laptop with long battery life for use on long trans continental airline flights. The user is word processing/spreadsheet oriented. This isn't my cup of tea, as I'm more of a book reader in flight (who doesn't like carrying crap--even 6 lb computers--around airports). I am aware of the technical issues and websites with specs online. Just hoping for some first person accounts of actual performance. Some laptops I've seen (Dell) allow you to substitute an extra battery pack instead of the cd rom drive giving you 2x the normal battery life. That makes a big difference in how long your laptop is useful ... I've also seen people buy extra batteries and charge them up in advance ... more weight to carry but a reasonable option. Curt. -- Curtis Olsonhttp://www.flightgear.org/~curt HumanFIRST Program http://www.humanfirst.umn.edu/ FlightGear Project http://www.flightgear.org Unique text:2f585eeea02e2c79d7b1d8c4963bae2d ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel
[Flightgear-devel] [OT] laptops
I've been asked to recommend a laptop with long battery life for use on long trans continental airline flights. The user is word processing/spreadsheet oriented. This isn't my cup of tea, as I'm more of a book reader in flight (who doesn't like carrying crap--even 6 lb computers--around airports). I am aware of the technical issues and websites with specs online. Just hoping for some first person accounts of actual performance. Thanks, Jim ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel
