On 10/10/05, Jim McQueeney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Dave Jackson wrote:
>
> > My current (substitute desk top) laptop - Acer Aspire 1710smi - is far
> too
> > power hungry and prone to overheat as well as weighing a ton.
> > I need a leaner machine which will run for three hours on battery, have
> a
> > decent sized HDD (is 120Gb too much to ask?) and run cool and quiet (
> > computational speed/graphics not an issue). Inbuilt wireless (g)
> > connectivity is a must. A Gb of RAM would be nice.
> > My budget is <1K UKPounds.
> > Off the top of your heads do any listers have a particular favourite
> that
> > would be a (fuzzy) fit with this profile? Please share your ideas with
> me.
> > Dave J
> > Tamworth UK
> >
>
> Aloha Dave,
>
> The largest laptop internal hard drive, that I'm aware of, is the Fujitsu
> 100-GB (MHU2100AT); there may be larger ones, though. Most laptops come
> with
> 20-GB, 40-GB, or, in rare cases, 60-GB drives, in my experience...
>
> My Toshiba Satellite came with a 40-GB hard drive installed and I replaced
> that with an 80-GB drive. I put the 40-GB drive in an external case which
> allows me to use it with either my desktop or laptop PC's.
>
> I can't help much, otherwise.
>
> Have a wonderful day!
>
> Aloha, a hui hou...
>
>
> --
> So far thanks to James Button & Jim McQueeney for their input.
> Perhaps I should emphasise that low noise level and running temperature
> are THE two major requirements after good battery life.
> This machine will mainly be used for wireless hot-spot gmail access,
> in-car Map-Point/GPS navigation, MS Access/Excel records and digital
> photograph temporary download/storage.
> DPJ
>
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