On Tue, Nov 15, 2005 at 11:52:43AM +1100, Robert Collins wrote: > On Tue, 2005-11-15 at 09:59 +1100, Erik de Castro Lopo wrote: > > Robert Collins wrote: > > > > > On Mon, 2005-11-14 at 22:42 +1100, Erik de Castro Lopo wrote: > > > > > > Heres my Dell X1 against your specs > > > > I looked on the Dell site and I can't find the X1 anymore. > > > > Is that me or is that Dell? > > http://dellstore02.dell.com.au/public/cart/configurator.jsp?prd_id=421312&sr_no=1
Erik, You may be interested that the X1 is a rebadged (repackaged?) Samsung Q30, with added bluetooth. (Rob, correct me if I'm wrong) I note that the Q30 now has bluetooth as well; ht.com.au have it on their website. DickSmith also have it in their powerhouse stores but don't advertise on their website for some reason. I just (like an hour ago) bought a Samsung R50, which meets all your specs, including full 6pin (i.e. powered) firewire and the availability of a long life battery. Memory is default 512mb but expandable up to 2gb. I haven't actually tested the sleep function; I've yet to install Linux. But I'm pretty hopeful. Remind me to let you know. It's ALSO got this cute thing called AVStation which is a pre-installed linux (presumably on flash memory) to allows you to play dvd's, mp3 and do picture slide shows without booting into XP (or any other OS). Quick test shows that it works quite well! Complete specs on the net. But note there's a few variations. e.g. mine has ATI Radeon x600, but some have Intel video card. Curious thing: apparently you cannot get Samsung laptops in the USA. I was wondering if it's the presence of the libdvdcss code in the AVstation software that could be a problem. Although a quick google says it's because they're under contract to HP and Dell. Much less interesting explanation :-) -- Matt -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
