[plug] Buying a laptop

[William Kenworthy]

Is battery life important - the fast P4's are miserable ... but they
make a great desktop replacement if all you are after is an hour or so
off power.

BillK


On Mon, 2005-07-11 at 23:11 +0800, Benjamin Woods wrote:
> Sounds like IBM is the way to go if he gets us a good deal?
> 
> He doesnt work for IBM.
> He works for Moncreif... which sell IBM.
> He spoke to his manager who said that any good deals they are getting as a 
> company they will sell to us at their cost price (we are GOOD friends!).
> 
> It depends though... I really do like the idea of a 17" wide screen!
> 
> But it MUST be linux supported! (I am formatting straight after i get 
> it!).
> 
> I will smack Slackware 10.1 on it, and upgrade to current! Booyah!
> 
> I checked out an IBM T Series with similar specs and it cost $5700!
> How could he possible get us a deal even close to that price for the dell?
> I expect $4000 would be the absolute best!?
> Still waiting to see...
> 
> One more question: Intel Centrino M processor 2.0 Ghz or Intel Pentium 4 
> 3.6 GHz? or even AMD?
> What are your opinions?
> 
> Cheers
> 
> --
> From: Benjamin Woods
> woodsb02 at iinet.net.au
> Registered Linux User #372573
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