[ale] Laptops and Linux
Jim Popovitch
jimpop at yahoo.com
Fri Nov 3 15:24:29 EST 2006
On Fri, 2006-11-03 at 15:05 -0500, Dan Lambert wrote:
> Your problem, Robert, is the lack of memory on your computer. I run a
> T41 with a 1.6 GHz Pentium M that flies through just about anything I
> throw at it, but I have 1.5 gigs of RAM in it.
>
> Put either another 512 or a 1 Gig stick of RAM in it, and you'll be off
> to the races!
I have to agree, my last laptop was a T40 with 1GB of memory and
OpenOffice ran fine. Note: OpenOffice is the biggest CPU and memory hog
for Linux.. more so than Quake3 or UT2004 IMHO.
-Jim P.
> Robert L. Harris wrote:
> >
> > I'm looking to get another laptop. Right now I'm on a Lenovo (IBM) 3000
> > N100. Core 2 Duo, 512Meg Ram, 1.66Ghz and it's killing me. Open Firefox,
> > Amarok and an OpenOffice Spreadsheet and I can grind it to a halt for 10
> > minutes.
> >
> > I don't want to spend 2k, but any off the top of your head
> > suggestions? Any opinions of an AMD Turion vs P4? Duo or no, etc?
> > Yes, it will need to run Linux, Debian or Ubuntu.
> >
> > Robert
> >
>
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