Cheap Laptops. Was: [plug] linux on ibook

[Daniel Pearson]

Hi Tim,
I bought a laptop from Cybershop.net.au a few years ago, they were great to
deal with - never had any problems. :)

Cheers,
Daniel

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tim Bowden" <bowden at iinet.net.au>
To: <plug at plug.linux.org.au>
Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2003 11:15 AM
Subject: Cheap Laptops. Was: [plug] linux on ibook


> Michael Hunt wrote:
>
> >
> > I'm looking for a cheap laptop to take notes in lectures and have been
> > seriously tempted to buy an ibook of ebay just so I can run linux on it
> > !!!
> >
> > Feel the power of the force Luke !!!
> >
> > Michael Hunt
> >
> >
> I'm also looking for a cheapish laptop with lots of grunt (I know, they
> don't go together).  Have you considered ibm.com.au- 1.8GHz celeron with
> 20gig hdd, 16mb ati Raedon video, 128mb pc2100 ddr sdram, cdrom for
> $1500.  Just a thought.
>
> Has anyone had any dealings with cybershop.net.au?  Their prices look
> reasonable for laptops.  I'm looking at one with a celeron 2.0GHz mobile
> cpu but can anyone give me an idea of the performance hit when
> considered against the same speed P4-Mobile?  I tend to think the diff
> in price is better spent on going from 256mb ram to 512mb ram but I
> would like to get some idea of the trade off I am making.
>
> Thanks,
> Tim Bowden
>
>