Re: lazy saturday notebook comparo (long)
On Wed, Aug 22, 2001 at 01:04:34PM -0400, Adam C Powell IV wrote:
> Andrew Sharp wrote:
>
> >Now, when it comes to the iBook2,
> >
> >A Dell Inspriron 2100:
> >700MHz P3 (w/ SpeedStupid (tm))
> >256MB mem
> >external combo dvd/cdrw drive
> >1024x768 12.1" video
> >30GB hard drive
> >37Whour battery
> >free palm m100 or lexmark32 printer or umax 3400 usb scanner
> >$2227 after $100 mail in rebate.
> >
> >iBook2:
> >combo drive internal, I think
> >$2200 after $100 memory upgrade special
> >
> That's pretty close!
>
> One other factor nobody has mentioned here is SECURITY. For
> buffer-overflow type security holes, remote and local, almost all of the
> exploits are written for i386, so non-Intel platforms are inherently
> less vulnerable. Last week's LWN security section opened with a piece
> estimating that a fast worm should in theory be able to spread to all
> vulnerable networked machines in the world in as little as 15 minutes,
> which is a whole heck of a lot faster than I apply upgrades, so any time
> which heterogeneity in OS, server software or CPU arch can buy is really
> crucial.
mmm, is this really an argument for a laptop ?
Friendly,
Sven Luther
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