Justin, I use a Thinkpad 600e (366 MHz, I think?) 192M RAM running Debian testing for my backup machine (currently using it while I replace my almost never used Windows partition on my main machine with NetBSD, as a matter of fact :-).
Redrawing windows when switching between work spaces is a little slow, but I find X quite useable. Firefox is a little sluggish, evince, USB, PCMCIA wireless all work fine, never tried Open Office, never tried to clock a kernel build. Generally, I have been pleasantly surprised by how well it works. The screen is actually brighter and crisper then my PIII a21m Thinkpad. Clayton On Sat, 1 Jul 2006 02:04:17 +0530 "justin joseph" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I had prevously posted to this group with questions concerning > thinkpad pad T42 and based on the discussion had ordered it(in US, am > in India). Unfortunately It will take a long time before I can get > it, around 8 more months. So am planning to buy a second hand IBM > machine in India for that time period. There is an IBM 600 series PII > 400Mhz 192MB machine. It would be helpfull if I can know about the > performance of these machines with say Debian Sarge. > > I would need to compile a lot of code and do some scripting. Also I > would need to read pdf files(I prefer evince) and use the > Internet(Firefox) and my Office LAN and the regular tools.. ssh telnet > ftp svn etc..Also Open Office once in a while. Will this machine > serve my purpose for the time being. Am in India and the new IBM > machines Cost way over head here *they are not affordable* in India. > Will I be able to use a pcmcia card and get wireless LAN. I know > GNU/Linux is portable but I have not worked on 400 Mhz machines. My > Desktop is a PIII 866Mhz 256MB RAM and it takes around 20 minutes to > compile 2.6.15 kernel release. How much will the TP600 take for this > task because this might give me a vague picture. > > I did go around googling and on linux-laptops but they mostly talk > about Installation, My concern is of relevance of machine > specification with regards the work i mentioned. > > Thanks > Justin > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- http://www.langex.net/ Free to search for a language partner. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
