[OT] wanted: (pre-owned?) laptop

[Mike]

Funny thing is the zaurus is pretty old and it did all that. I think 
minus the cell phone if this UMPC thing works out you almost have what 
your looking for. I'm waiting around to see how that does with linux and 
I might go that route myself.

However, I have worked out the tivo bit by getting an ipod video and 
setting up podcasts with mythtv. Cross country plane flights aren't 
nearly as bad now that I can watch tv the entire way.

-Mike

keith smith wrote:
> Looks like things are getting better everyday.
>
> I'm holding out for that cell phone/ laptop / tv / tevo combination 
> that you plug into a dock and use at work/home/vacation which all 3 
> should be at the beach!
>
>
>
> */Mike <stuff at dustsmoke.com>/* wrote:
>
>     Somewhat... Your mostly limited by what builds under the ARM
>     architecture.
>     Don't quote me because I don't have one myself. But I believe you
>     can get
>     all of those things working under that platform. Try looking around
>     OpenZaurus or the Debian ARM repo's.
>
>     -Mike
>
>     > What if I want to do PHP/PERL/MySql/gcc ... ETC Can I?
>     >
>     > Mike wrote: > I am interested in buying a laptop PC,
>     >> up to 3, 4 years old (maybe younger);
>     >> as long as it has a
>     >> working wifi,
>     >> [mozilla] browser,
>     >> and typical stuff such as
>     >> a charger for the battery,
>     >> a USB port,
>     >> and a CD or DVD drive.
>     >> Is that too much to ask?
>     >> How much should I expect to pay?
>     >> If I am not in a hurry, is it better
>     >> to buy it over the net ("mail order"?).
>     >> I will probably pay by credit card.
>     >> ...it's needed to be able to access
>     >> (web-based) e-mail when out of town.
>     >
>     > Have you looked into getting something like a Zaurus? Thats what
>     I'd get
>     > so I didn't have to lug a slow dumpy laptop around just for webmail.
>     >
>     > -Mike
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