[ale] new laptop time ... need suggestions

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On Thu, Aug 21, 2003 at 08:03:21AM -0400, James P. Kinney III wrote:
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> The two brands that stand out in terms of quality and reliability are
> IBM and the Toshiba high-end line (Tecra, I believe). Other than the
> impossible 54g, the second hard point will be 8 lbs with second battery.

I second IBM Thinkpads and Toshiba.  My current laptop is an IBM R31.
$850+tx&shipping for base model from their web site with CD Reader,
128M RAM, and 20GB and is blazingly fast in computing and rendering with
its 1.3GHz Celeron.  The battery lasts 3 hours of real use!  Avoid the
tracking stick, though.  I love it.

My previous laptop was a low end Toshiba that last me 5 years after I
bought it used.  I would consider only an IBM or Toshiba.

I hear that the HPs fall apart and are of poor quality.  Compaq likes to
force use of proprietary hardware on their rackmounts; dunno about their
laptops.

> On Wed, 2003-08-20 at 23:50, Jim Popovitch wrote:
> > Absolute musts:
> >  run Debian + Ximian in 1280x1024
> >  built-in 54g / modem / ethernet
> >  NO floppy (who needs these?)
> >  less than a 16" screen (14" is preferred but must do 1280x1024)
> >  durable.

> > Love-to-haves:
> >  writable dvd
> >  swappable drive bay (cd/2nd batt/etc)
> >  less than 8lbs (with second battery) 
> >  greater than 2.0Ghz and support 1Gb memory

> > Any and all opinions and suggestions are appreciated, if not 
> > to the list then send here: jimpop at yahoo.com

> > Thanks!

> > -Jim P.
> -- 
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