[Cialug] [ot] laptop

[Nathan C. Smith]

I'd second that, I had a Panasonic loner unit for a weekend and it was
solid.  Didn't even need a case!

-Nate

-----Original Message-----
From: Chris Hilton [mailto:chris129@cs.iastate.edu] 
Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2005 12:29 AM
To: cialug@cialug.org
Subject: Re: [Cialug] [ot] laptop



If durability is what you desire:

http://catalog2.panasonic.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ModelDetail?displayT
ab=O&storeId=11201&catalogId=13051&itemId=65051&catGroupId=31954&modelNo=Tou
ghbook-73&surfModel=Toughbook-73

I can understand avoiding Apple, but not because they aren't rugged. For a
consumer class laptop they are very well constructed:  Although I'd have to
disagree witht he performance advantage that was mentioned earlier. If I
were going to buy a laptop today I'd buy something with a Pentium M, it's a
great mobile chip.  But you won't see too many over 2GHz, not that that has
anything to do with the performance (who ever thought we'd see Intel
evangelizing the megahertz myth?). Anyway, there is also: Sharp (uber lite)
Toshiba (I think Sony repackaged) Sony ASL (usually something repackaged
running Linux, their modifications are often atrocious) Asus Alienware

That's all that's popping into my head.

On Wed, 2005-05-18 at 23:33 -0500, Neal Daringer wrote:
> sorry can't run os X and i won't buy apple. way too pricey and they
> don't serve
> well in the desert (i guess not many laptops will, but i've seen apples
not
> last anywhere near as long.)
> 
> 
> 
> Quoting Darcy Baston <darcybaston@mac.com>:
> 
> > Don't miss the  Apple Powerbook 15". It's got all that you ask 
> > except
> >  a lower mhz cpu (which makes up in floating point/vector crunching  
> > prowess):
> >
> > $2,299.00
> > Free Shipping
> > 15.2-inch TFT Display
> > 1280x854 resolution
> > 1.67GHz PowerPC G4
> > 512MB DDR333 SDRAM
> > 80GB Hard Drive
> > ATI Mobility Radeon
> > 9700 (64 MB DDR)
> > Backlit keyboard
> > Gigabit Ethernet
> > FireWire 400 & 800
> > Analog audio in/out
> > DVI & S-Video out
> > 8x SuperDrive (DVD±RW/CD-RW) that can burn videos to DVD-R, DVD-RW,
> > DVD+R and DVD+RW discs.
> >
> > Comes with Unix built in of course. :)
> >
> > Darcy
> >
> > On May 18, 2005, at 10:04 PM, Neal Daringer wrote:
> >
> >> i'm trying to dig up as many places that sell laptops.
> >>
> >> so far i got the obvious:
> >> dell
> >> gateway
> >> best buy
> >> compusa
> >> staples
> >> officemax
> >> hp
> >>
> >>
> >> i'm looking for something w/ >15" widescreen (wxga+ preferably),
> >> >2GHZ (amd or
> >> intel, i don't care), >60GB hdd, ~512mb ddr, DVD+/-RW, 802.11b/g  
> >> internal, s-video out(a must)
> >>
> >> any urls and/or ads would be great.
> >>
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