On 5/11/06, Chris Cappuccio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I always run across cheap/free/lying around dell laptops that work great. The sound works, the wireless might work, and suspend usually works. Right now I have a dell latitude c400, they're on ebay for $300, the thing weighs 2.5 pounds, it's very small.
It's a bummer for folks like me who depend on corporate purchasing to get their laptops. I feel lucky that my employer will at least listen to my request to get Lenovo over Dell. eBay is not going to be an option for them. So, me and every other purchaser of new equipment is stuck with two options at the moment: 1) Buy an outdated laptop that can do 1024x768 (or similar) at best 2) Buy a "modern" laptop that can do 1440x900 but have no working power management and have to deal with a laptop that locks up when the power cord is unplugged. It seems like every major laptop manufacturer is locked into Intel CPU, graphics, WiFi, and sound and that there's no chance in hell that Intel will release specs on these. What is the future of laptop support for free Unicies? Will SpeedStep ever be reverse engineered? Are we forever doomed to barely-working laptops? I've never felt more motivated to write Intel and give them my corporate mouthful. Chris
