Re: Linux on the Cheapest Laptops

From: Jim (james_at_the-computer-shop.co.uk)
Date: 08/18/05 

Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2005 08:25:54 GMT

Tony Sivori wrote:
> James Knott wrote:
>
>
>>Tony Sivori wrote:
>>
>>
>>>What are the odds of Mandrake / Mandriva or Suse working on the bottom
>>>of the line laptops that Office Depot, Best Buy and others are selling?
>>>Has anyone here tried it?
>>
>>There's a company called "Angel Computers", which sells low end
>>computers, loaded with Linux. They sell them for less than the same
>>computer with Windows.
>
>
> Unfortunately, their prices are all well over $1000.
>
>
>>Also, I believe Wal Mart has or had some notebooks loaded with Linux.
>>Either of those sources should be OK for any Linux distro.
>
>
> That $499 Wal-Mart Linspire laptop is significantly underspecification
> compared to the recent sales. 128 MB ram versus 246 MB, 30 GB HD versus 40
> GB, CR-ROM versus CD-RW with DVD-ROM, built in wireless versus no
> wireless, and a 1 GHz VIA CPU (WTF?) versus, Intel or AMD up to an AMD
> 2800+.
>

Quick note on the VIA CPU: they're most likely the C3 line, which
convert at most, 3 Watts as heat. Barely enough to warm a slice of
toast. Intel and AMD mobile CPUs burn through something like 25-50W,
while desktop chips can churn through over 120. 

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Jim			  http://www.dotware-entertainment.co.uk
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