Cheap Laptops. Was: [plug] linux on ibook

[Michael Hunt]

On Thu, 2003-08-28 at 11:15, Tim Bowden wrote:

> > 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

My budget is very very very limited. Think notes being taken in a VI
console session (no X) ;-). But seriously prices I am looking at are
somewhere between $500 and $1000. If I had $2k to spare I would be going
for a new clone at wholesale.

It is pretty much going to be a glorfied mobile word processor with the
possibilty of running it as a mobile thin client to my main desktop
machine when I am at home.

On your point about proccessor speed it depends what you are using it
for. Can you give us any more info on the purpose for the machine ???

Michael Hunt