OT: notebook shopping

[JD Austin]

I'm pretty happy with my asus eee :)
The distro that comes with it (xandros based) is perfectly fine but I 
recently loaded mandriva on it and like it.
It's a little small to type on but it didn't take me long to get used to it.
The other downside is the small screen (800x400).
It's perfect for my needs as I can put it in my briefcase.
I have a regular laptop but lugging it around was a bit of a hassle.
It can take abuse my regular laptop can't since it has no moving parts.


Joshua Zeidner wrote:
>   btw- If youre looking to run Linux exclusively there are a lot more
> attractive options.  One general observation I've made about hardware
> markets and Linux is that a large portion of the consumer price for
> major brand names is to cover *support* costs.  These costs are for
> Windows support costs, mainly for the type of people that require help
> locating the *Blue E* to get on the interweb.  Most of the people on
> this list are not in this category, so why pay for it?  A few
> companies here and there are offering alternatives to these costs and
> offering attractive products for extremely low price points ($300).
> You can then take the remaining $1700 and invest it in the stock
> market. :)
>
>   there was this hullabaloo:
> http://crave.cnet.co.uk/laptops/0,39029450,49291844,00.htm
>
>   http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS9292516116.html
>
>   http://www.newsfactor.com/story.xhtml?story_id=56501
>
>   -jmz
>
>
> On Mon, Apr 21, 2008 at 11:40 AM, Jason Hayes <jason at jasonhayes.org> wrote:
>   
>>  On Sunday 20 April 2008 1:05:57 pm Vaughn Treude wrote:
>>  > Hello everybody!
>>  >
>>  > I'm planning to buy a new notebook,
>>  <<snipped>>
>>
>>     
>>> Any comments or relevant experiences any of you could share?
>>>       
>>  > Thanks,
>>  > Vaughn
>>
>>
>>  Vaughn:
>>
>>  I picked up a Lenovo T61p (Intel 2.2 GHz dual core, Nvidia Quadro FX 570M 256
>>  MB, 2 Gig Ram, 100 Gig SATA 7200 rpm, DVD burner, 3 USB ports, 15.4", card
>>  reader)  just before Christmas and have enjoyed it from the word go.
>>
>>  I had some initial issues with wireless on my Mandriva 2008.0 system, but just
>>  upgraded to 2008.1 spring and the issue disappeared (driver-related).
>>
>>  No problems with any of the other hardware. I also purchased the ThinkVision
>>  L194 widescreen LCD monitor and the docking station (plus a few other
>>  accessories keyboard, mouse, SATA drive bay adapter) at the same time.
>>
>>  I picked all of that up for about $2200.
>>
>>  Side note, I was foolish enough to get the Vista version, instead of XP (they
>>  wouldn't sell it without Windows but they did offer XP). I set it up for dual
>>  boot and also run VirtualBox with an XP virtual machine. The Vista system
>>  won't run updates, it just starts downloading and hangs at 0%. I use it so
>>  infrequently that I haven't bothered to spend the time figuring out why.
>>
>>  This machine is a good deal smaller than my previous Acer 1804, so carrying it
>>  for business is a LOT easier. Battery life is around 2 to 2.5 hours which is
>>  about double the life of either of my previous Acers.
>>
>>  Overall, I am pretty happy with the Lenovo.
>>
>>  HTH
>>  Jason Hayes
>>
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