Thanks for the vote of confidence in the Lombard, Gabriel. Any votes for a G4 powerbook with an external wireless adapter?
I move around with my laptop a lot (several clients a day) and I think the G4 iBook is simply a lot lighter than a pismo. Interestingly, it looks like Pismos can be got hold of for less than 200 pounds on ebay. Many thanks for the info. Rory On 20/10/05, Gabriel Paubert ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Wed, Oct 19, 2005 at 11:44:57PM +0100, Rory Campbell-Lange wrote: > > Thanks very much for your email, Wojciech. > > > > On 20/10/05, Wojciech Owczarek ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > > On Wed, 19 Oct 2005 21:23:49 +0100 > > > Rory Campbell-Lange <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > I would be grateful for any ideas of a relatively low cost, but > > > > ideally reliable laptop (probably from the Apple range) with good > > > > Linux support. ... > It's a bit on the heavy, especially with two batteries. However > I have one which is almost 5 years old and still going strong. > > I have upgraded the RAM to 1GB, the disk to 30 GB (thinking of > upgrading it again) and already gone through two batteries > (which is fairly normal for the age). > > If you buy one, you'll probably have to buy a new battery sooner > or later. I'd recommend the ones from: > > http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/powerbook/battery/g3-pismo/ > > which have higher capacity than the original ones. Mine is only > the 5400mAh model, because the 6600 and 7200 did not exist > when I ordered it. But they really give better autonomy. > > The 7200 won't probably reach the 7.5 hours computed by > scaling the 5 hours optimistically claimed by Apple for > the original 4800 mAH battery, but it should give a good > 6 hours. And of course more with 2 batteries installed but > there are some fundamental laws of physics and chemistry: > higher capacity batteries weigh more. ... > I don't plan getting rid of mine. It was the best computer buying > decision I ever made: I ordered it at a discount just after the > TiBooks were announced because I was a bit suspiscious about > the engineering tour de force of the TiBook (1 inch thick). > I'm deeply convinced that it was the right decision for my > typical usage (fairly lightweight). -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
