Please advise iBook/Powerbook purchase
I'm a very happy iBook user on Debian testing. I use the fluxbox and
performance is fine for my uses (95% xterms + firefox). However my
screen is giving out and I need another machine. The ability for it to
sleep and wireless support is a major concern. Apart from that I don't
have many other needs (CD optional, firewire/usb support nice to have
but not essential). I'm thinking of picking up a second-hand machine
from Small Dog.
I'd be grateful for some advice for an iBook or powerbook that will meet
my needs and has got good Debian support.
Alternatively I would consider a small and elegantly made (but robust!?)
PC laptop if this seems advisable.
My existing machine specs
cpu : 750CX
temperature : 0-3 C (uncalibrated)
clock : 499MHz
revision : 34.20 (pvr 0008 2214)
bogomips : 996.14
machine : PowerBook4,1
motherboard : PowerBook4,1 PowerBook2,2 MacRISC2 MacRISC Power Macintosh
detected as : 257 (iBook 2)
pmac flags : 0000000b
L2 cache : 256K unified
memory : 256MB
pmac-generation : NewWorld
Cheers
Rory
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Rory Campbell-Lange
<rory@campbell-lange.net>
<www.campbell-lange.net>
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