Re: Laptop recomendation?
I have Dell Latitude C600. It is great! Running Win98SE/Debian
unstable dual boot!
Zach
On Sat, 1 Jan 2005 02:19:05 +0100, Alexander Toresson
<alexander.toresson@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sat, 1 Jan 2005 11:51:16 +1100 (EST), Mark M <markrmau@yahoo.com.au> wrote:
> > Hi, Apologies if this is OT.
> >
> > I have never bought a laptop before and was hoping for some
> > recomendations.
>
> I personally like dell, though I don't know how they in general are
> suited for running linux. I'm having a few problems on this dell
> laptop, like soundcard and cd-rom not working.
>
> > I am hoping for advice on the following:
> >
> > 2. Reliability - I will be driving around for a total of 1hr per day
> > with the laptop on my back on a motor cycle, and get a 3 year warranty.
> > Are any particular brands better? Sony? Toshiba?
>
> Dell seems to have quite good deals, if you are willing to pay.
>
> > 3. Battery life: I am hoping to use the laptop for 2 things: 1. video
> > editing/dvd burning from camera with firewire. 2. Using on longdistance
> > flights (but not video editing). I guess for video/burning dvd's I want
> > a fast processor eg the pentium M 3GHz. But for extended battery life I
> > want a slower low power processor.
>
> I'd recommend a Centrino. It's made to have a long battery life and
> run on a low clock speed, but still remaining fast.
>
> > So my question is: can I improve battery life on say a 3GHz pentium M
> > by slowing down the clockspeed in BIOS to say 1GHz or 500MHz?
>
> Of course. Just be sure to get one with speedstep.
>
> Regards, Alexander Toresson
>
>
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