Carlos Felipe Saraiva Pinheiro wrote:
Wow, that's a great deal. Could really buy into that but no money for computers now.Hi Andrew. Thank you for the hints. And for those who are interested in such a bargain, check out CircuitCity. cheers Felipe On Wed, 02 May 2007 16:18:53 +1200 Andrew McMillan <andrew@catalyst.net.nz> wrote:On Mon, 2007-04-30 at 17:18 -0300, Carlos Felipe S. Pinheiro wrote:Hi. I was looking for a notebook I found two good deals: ToshibaSatelliteA135-S4527 and Sony VAIO N220E/B, both for the same price (afterrebate)$599.99. I wonder which one would have better Linux compatibility (and maybebetterperformance).Hi Felipe, If we cut those lists down to the parts that actually are different...*** Toshiba Satellite A135-S4527 ************************* Processor Speed: 1.73 GHz Hard Drive Capacity: 120 GB 4 x USB v2.0 6-cell (4000mAh) rechargeable, removable Lithium-Ion battery pack Weight: 6.0 lbs*** Sony VAIO N220E/B *************************** Processor Speed: 1.6 GHz Hard Drive Capacity: 80 GB 2 x USB 2.0 Standard Lithium-ion battery (VGP-BPS2A/S) Weight: 6.5 lbsThe Toshiba Satellite would seem to be a _clear_ winner. 10% faster CPU, 50% more HD, 10% lighter, 100% more USB ports... I'm not sure of the battery equivalences, but the Sony is unlikely tobevastly different. Other notes: - The card slots probably won't work under Linux, except to read SD(&MMC?) cards where there are some under-development drivers that I have had some success with on a different laptop. - You may need to install Xorg 7.3 to get the graphics running properly, or perhaps use 915resolution (but really, Xorg7.3 is abettersolution). Everything else should work OK. Cheers, Andrew McMillan.----------------------------------------------------------------------- --Andrew @ Catalyst .Net .NZ Ltd, PO Box 11-053, Manners St,WellingtonWEB: http://catalyst.net.nz/ PHYS: Level 2, 150-154 WillisStDDI: +64(4)803-2201 MOB: +64(272)DEBIAN OFFICE:+64(4)499-2267The secret of being a bore is to say everything -- Voltaire----------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Would really like to replace the Gateway. Under Linux the keyboard, touchpad and face of the computer are extremely sensitive;i.e.; if one's finger touches the bezel around the touchpad it will jump to another open application; likewise say I'm using the terminal, if the cursor gets moved out of the terminal window, keyboard entry stops until the cursor is again placed in the terminal area. Jim |