Re: what laptop to buy - suggestion for Debian project developers

[Bret Busby <bret@busby.net>]

On Wed, 17 Feb 2010, Celejar wrote:

> On Wed, 17 Feb 2010 16:51:47 +0800 (WST)
> Bret Busby <bret@busby.net> wrote:
>
> ...
>
> > So, I am stick with my NX5000, with a Celeron and 2GB RAM, and, my
> > desktop with (from memory) an AMD K7 and 2GB RAM, and frequent crashes
> > (every day or so), due to running out of memory, due to web browsers
> > (the Mozilla based ones) not working properly.
>
> I'm curious about your trouble.  My system has a Celeron M 420, and I
> ran IW on it very happily for a year or two with only the base 512MB.
> I now have an upgraded 2GB, but even previously I don't recall ever
> seeing memory related crashes.
>
> Celejar
> --

I will look later, for the latest crash log file on the laptop, to post 
it.

In the meantime, what is IW?

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Bret Busby
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