Re: Linux on the Cheapest Laptops

From: Alan Gauton (agauton-remove_at_postmaster.co.uk)
Date: 08/18/05

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    Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2005 10:32:21 +0100

    In article <mCXMe.8741$QU4.7439@newsfe5-win.ntli.net>, james@the-
    computer-shop.co.uk says...
    > 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.

    And on top of that, as they use so little power, they don't require a
    heatsink/fan, so they are usually a lot quieter as well. They have a
    niche market over in the UK for small form factor desktops as well as
    media centre PCs. 

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