<quote who="Simon Males">
> Within the next four weeks, I wish to be the proud owner of a laptop.
>
> Currently my target price is currently $2500. I do not want centrino
> wireless tech because I plan to do some war driving and already have
> PCMCIA card with the appropriate pigtails etc, further there is limited
> linux support (centrino models seem to have lower spec CPU compared to
> non-centrino models).
I bought a CL50 from www.digitalstar.com.au in October last year, and it got
stolen. I liked it enough that I replaced it with the same model :)
A note on Centrino - the clock rate is lower, but you get higher
instructions-per-cycle... so a Centrino 1.6G benchmarks somewhere between
P4 2.2G and P4 2.4G.
Points in favour of the CL50 for me:
* Centrino means better battery life
* Good Linux support for most of the hardware - the only things which
don't really work are 'suspend/resume (crappy on most new hardware) and
the integrated SD reader.
* digitalstar will sell it for $150 cheaper without OS.
* It has firewire.
* Radeon 9000M video chipset means there are good open source drivers
available (unlike NVidia).
* Has a 15.1" 1400x1050 screen
* < $2500
Cheers,
Jan.
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