Laptops with Linux - $150

[guido dom]

On 7/26/07, Derek Broughton <news at pointerstop.ca> wrote:
>
> Paul S wrote:
>
> > Jonathan Riddell said the following on 07/26/2007 09:21 AM:
> >> Don't they're likely a fraud who will steal your money.
> >
> > Check out phoronix for a good article .. they're actually ordering one
> > to test if it's real and will report the results.
> >
> > If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.
>
> This hardly sounds "too good to be true", though.
>
> > # Intel(r) Celeron 1.5 GHz CPU
> > # 14" Widescreen X-bright LCD
> > # 256 MB Ram memory
> > # 40 GB Hard Drive
> > # 802.11g Wireless LAN
>
> That's all obsolete hardware, except the Wifi.  I can by a laptop from
> Dell
> this week for CDN$569, with:
>
> - AMD Athlon? 64 X2 Dual-Core Mobile Technology TK-53
> - Genuine Windows Vista? Home Basic (WHO WANTS THAT?)
> - 15.4 inch Wide Screen XGA Display with TrueLife?
> - 1GB DDR2 SDRAM at 533MHz, 2 Dimm
> - 80GB Hard Drive
> - 8X CD/DVD Burner (DVD+/-RW) with double-layer DVD+R write capability
>
> So, US$150 sounds pretty good, but not too good to be true.  I'll look
> forward to actual reviews.  It wouldn't be a good enough system for my
> requirements (and I don't drive my computers as hard as many people) but
> it
> would suit my mother :-)
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> derek
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