Re: debian laptop for a train hopper
On Sat, 13 Apr 2002 17:44, CaT wrote:
> On Sat, Apr 13, 2002 at 02:27:05PM +0200, Russell Coker wrote:
> > Probably if I was going to do what you're planning I'd get an old
> > Thinkpad 385XD. PentiumMMX-233, 96M of RAM, 3G hard drive, 800x600
> > display, it's quite an OK little machine. Such a machine is so cheap now
> > that if you break one you won't be too upset, and if someone tries to mug
> > you for it then you won't do anything too stupid (also you could just
> > tell the mugger how old and cheap it was and they might leave you with
> > it).
>
> Hmmm. I dunno. Personally I'd think twice about this. Not because your
> points are in any way worthless or anything like that but because old
> laptop's lcd pixel refresh rates tend to suck. You get a lot of ghosting
> which, while not a problem when you're lookign at a static image or just
> typing, can be a downright pain in the eyes when you have to do any
> amount of scrolling or pointer-moving. It's the main reason why I wont
> consider one.
At the time the Thinkpad 38* series beat the crap out of most other laptops
for display quality. A year later most new laptops on sale weren't as good.
I played a variety of games on mine and found it to work OK. But it really
depends on how fussy you are about such things.
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