[ale] best 32bit cpu

[Greg]

You might want to check out Monarch's "Hornet" - yes the same Monarch that
makes the "Ultimate Linux Box" of Linux Journal fame is here in Atlanta !.
It reminds me of the old MacSE30 - a portable pc (not a laptop). Monarch is
at http://www.monarchcomputer.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv  and the Hornet is
64 bit, but it seems to be well engineered. Dunno about a screen, though.

Greg

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> From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org]On Behalf Of Dow
> Hurst
> Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2003 6:43 PM
> To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
> Subject: Re: [ale] best 32bit cpu
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>
> I have to chime in on this.  Laptops are a specific type of machine that
> people want to have light weight, a decent sized screen , and a decent
> battery life.  Performance is nice but is limited by the design.  So,
> from your description of what you plan to do, you should probably go to
> your friends and to the stores and try out laptops.  We have a Dell
> I8500 P4 2GHz that screams and has two batteries, the fastest graphics
> via Nvidia GF 4 Go, and so on.  But, it weighs a ton!!  The lady who
> uses it loves the performance and screen size but hates the weight.
> And, the weight is only overcome by your own determination to haul the
> thing around.  It stays at her house 99% of the time and even there
> doesn't get moved around much at all.
>
> The LinuxFormat magazine got a dual AMD 64 Opteron server to test and
> found in its configuration it blew away all the previous benchmarks they
> normally use for testing new servers.  Plus, the specs I saw at Fermi
> Labs on clusters showed the Opteron consistently doing better than any
> other processor.  But the required power creates a real cooling problem
> and I can't imagine what kind of battery life you'd get if there was a
> dual Opteron laptop. ;-)
>
> Personally, I think the lightest sturdiest laptop you can find with
> decent options builtin and Linux friendly would be the way to go.  And,
> I do like the Mac Ti alot for a sturdy lightweight design. :-\
>
> My point is that some performance your willing to carry everywhere is
> better than great performance you never carry anywhere. :-)
>
> Take a look at www.dynamism.com for some ideas.  You can purchase from
> them with confidence.  We have a 98 vintage Panasonic that is still
> running strong, weighs 3lbs, and has 3-4 hours battery life from
> dynamism.  Never had any problems with it at all.
> Dow
>
>
>
> Stephen Turner wrote:
>
> >well its gonna be a linux laptop (rules out dual cpu) and its going to be
> >used for network stuff, building web sites possibly analyzing network
> >traffic and performance possibly even creating and breaking encryptions
> >dunno exactly. it will be used for photos definately and possibly videos
> >depending on how soon i get a digital camcorder. i thought 64bit
> cpus in a
> >laptop would be nice but with the little performance gains except in a
> >couple areas and the dramatic increase in wattage consumption makes them
> >not to appealing. im hopeing this would be an all around work and
> >sometimes fun pc :-p rumor has it i might actually be doing something in
> >networking and computers soon but i have yet to see any proof :-p not to
> >mention everyone loves laptops ;) what ever i got would have to last me
> >for a while, im thinking since i dont need it for a while on waiting to
> >see the next laptop that comes around :-p mac seems to be a pretty good
> >performer but from some comparisons ive been seeing lately
> sounds like mac
> >isnt the top gun i once thought it was.
> >
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