I have Dell Latitude C600. It is great! Running Win98SE/Debian unstable dual boot!
Zach On Sat, 1 Jan 2005 02:19:05 +0100, Alexander Toresson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, 1 Jan 2005 11:51:16 +1100 (EST), Mark M <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, Apologies if this is OT. > > > > I have never bought a laptop before and was hoping for some > > recomendations. > > I personally like dell, though I don't know how they in general are > suited for running linux. I'm having a few problems on this dell > laptop, like soundcard and cd-rom not working. > > > I am hoping for advice on the following: > > > > 2. Reliability - I will be driving around for a total of 1hr per day > > with the laptop on my back on a motor cycle, and get a 3 year warranty. > > Are any particular brands better? Sony? Toshiba? > > Dell seems to have quite good deals, if you are willing to pay. > > > 3. Battery life: I am hoping to use the laptop for 2 things: 1. video > > editing/dvd burning from camera with firewire. 2. Using on longdistance > > flights (but not video editing). I guess for video/burning dvd's I want > > a fast processor eg the pentium M 3GHz. But for extended battery life I > > want a slower low power processor. > > I'd recommend a Centrino. It's made to have a long battery life and > run on a low clock speed, but still remaining fast. > > > So my question is: can I improve battery life on say a 3GHz pentium M > > by slowing down the clockspeed in BIOS to say 1GHz or 500MHz? > > Of course. Just be sure to get one with speedstep. > > Regards, Alexander Toresson > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
