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Thu 4th Oct 01:01 2007: Laptop
Finally, I think I've decided: HP 6820s
It should work okay with Linux/Solaris, runs at 1440x900, which should be okay; Misco have them available, so, subject to clarifications about support, and as to whether it can run a 1680x1050 external monitor as an extension to the desktop (I would assume it could, but I've never paid too much attention to those sorts of things, so I don't know exactly where to look), I reckon that's going to be my new 127.0.0.1. It should be a nice ${HOME} too (until I get sick of it in 18 months time, in accordance with Moore's Law!)
6820 review
Intel Centrino™ Duo processor technology
- Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor T7250
- 2.00 GHz, 2 MB L2 cache, 800 MHz FSB
- Intel Wireless LAN 802.11a/b/g mini-pci card, Bluetooth
- 2Gb RAM, Upgradeable to 4Gb
- 160Gb HDD (5400 RPM; what are these laptop people thinking?!)
- Mobile Intel™ PM965 Express
- ATI Mobility Radeon X1350
- Vista Business (which seems to be less than Vista Home!)
It's only got 2 RAM slots, and they're filled with 1GB DIMMs, but 2GB DIMMS are $sillymoney at the moment; 1Gb for £35, 2Gb for £205, so I'll live with that.
I'll need a USB->Serial adapter (thanks for pointing that out, Andrew!), and as the battery life isn't so good, a spare battery could be handy, and I reckon I should finally be good to go!
2 days delivery means I should get it on Monday, if I order it on Thursday; that gives me 1 week to get Solaris and Linux installed onto it, and configured the way I want it.
Very few laptops seem to bother with PCMCIA these days; Am I missing something? I do wish I knew about PCs. The HP NX7300 I linked to recently looked really nice, but they went and killed it off :-(
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