Re: gEDA-user: OT: Recommendations for laptop?

[steve meier <smeier@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I have used sony, toshiba, dell, think pads etc. they all seem about
equal quality.

So have you decided what is important to you such as

is light weight and small more or less important then screen size?

minimum number of usb ports

do you need an rs232 jack? (these are getting harder to find)

do you need to support non-usb flash memory (like from your digital
camera)

other then that get it loaded with dram and disk space.

have fun,

Steve Meier

On Fri, 2008-12-26 at 04:54 -0800, Larry Doolittle wrote:
> Stuart -
> 
> On Fri, Dec 26, 2008 at 07:33:13AM -0500, Stuart Brorson wrote:
> > Ordinarily I'd buy a reconditioned IBM Stink Pad from IBM, and then
> > stick Fedora on it.  Stink Pads are mechanically robust, and they play
> > with Linux easily.  However, IBM has sold the Stink Pad division to
> > China, and I am reluctant to get a Levano because of quality concerns.
> 
> I have no regrets getting a ThinkPad X40 from eBay for US$400,
> a few months ago.  Maybe a little larger, slower, and less glitzy
> than a similiarly priced netbook.  But a good clear 1024x768 screen,
> and "mechanically robust" as you say.
> 
> The X40 was the last "true" IBM model, before Lenovo took over.
> You can find them at 1.2, 1.4, and 1.5 GHz, and with a variety
> of wireless cards.
> 
>    - Larry
> 
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