Mainframeguy
Debiant by way of Ubuntu
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- 29 Aug 2002
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Due to recent "lost" hardware of various natures (I'd rather not make a linkie) I am hopefully in the market to spend up to Ca.£200 (Ca. $285) and for this I am aiming to get the best "bangs for bucks" in the arena of a portable computer.
It likely cannot hope to rival the T7200 it replaces (or can it?)... That was an ACI Matrix 1500 running Vista Business....
So my requirements probably run along the lines of (in order or priority):-
Wi-Fi built in (G is sufficient)
More than three hours battery use.
SD memory card slot
USB ports - at least two off
Option to run dual display, hence
VGA socket if screen under 15" (tricky perhaps)
VISTA Business or higher (probably a nice to have given the budget)
And of course given that I may be fetching up with a portable Ubuntu piece of kit - there is a hard to consider area as to open source device support for whatever I get.
Right now all this is wishful thinking - but who knows - maybe when the dust settles there may be some funds to get SOMETHING. So I thought I would open a thread for ideas... A guy can dream,
It likely cannot hope to rival the T7200 it replaces (or can it?)... That was an ACI Matrix 1500 running Vista Business....
So my requirements probably run along the lines of (in order or priority):-
Wi-Fi built in (G is sufficient)
More than three hours battery use.
SD memory card slot
USB ports - at least two off
Option to run dual display, hence
VGA socket if screen under 15" (tricky perhaps)
VISTA Business or higher (probably a nice to have given the budget)
And of course given that I may be fetching up with a portable Ubuntu piece of kit - there is a hard to consider area as to open source device support for whatever I get.
Right now all this is wishful thinking - but who knows - maybe when the dust settles there may be some funds to get SOMETHING. So I thought I would open a thread for ideas... A guy can dream,