djst's nestthe fox/bird blogJust bought a Dell- April 11, 2005 I just placed an order for a Dell Inspiron 6000. However, I managed to trick the web system by choosing a pre-configured system with Pentium M, and then removed the ATI graphics card and all of a sudden I saved SEK 2800, compared to buying the exact same system from the cheap Celeron link. What I get is: a Pentium M 730 (1.60GHz, 2MB L2 cache, 533MHz FSB), 15.4" widescreen (1680x1050), 512 MB RAM 400 MHz, 8X DVD+-RW Drive a powerful 9-cell battery with over 6 hours of battery life, 40 GB...http://weblogs.mozillazine.org/djst/archives/007927.html Perhaps a Dell instead- April 9, 2005 I won't buy the Uniwill computer after all. In the end, the price tag was just a bit too much for my budget, and I don't want to take a loan just for a new computer. I won't buy the HP dv1011 either, because it's almost as expensive as the Uniwill but has worse hardware in almost all aspects, from disk drive speed to processor type and cache. I'm seriously considering something much cheaper, but unfortunately a lot heavier: a Dell Inspiron 6000. Earlier this week it costed just SEK 7300. For...http://weblogs.mozillazine.org/djst/archives/007916.html Updated info about the notebook- April 5, 2005 Today I got my hands on the Uniwill 223 series notebook that I blogged about yesterday. I can't say it felt perfect, but it's still the most interesting of the notebooks I've tested so far. On the negative side, the lightweight 1.9 kg computer actually felt quite heavy anyway. The difference from the HP Pavilion dv1011EA was hardly noticeable (weighing in at 2.4 kg). Of course, the HP is just a Celeron 1.4 GHz, with a slow (4800 rpm) 40 GB hard disk, so it's a slower, heavier system overall....http://weblogs.mozillazine.org/djst/archives/007897.html Possibly my new notebook- April 4, 2005 I have finally found a notebook that fits my pusposes well and is within the right price range. My main priorities have always been: Small and lightweight, not too expensive, and Linux compatible. What I've found is a machine called Vega+ 223 with the following specifications: Pentium 4 Mobile 1.6GHz, 2MB-Centrino 512MB DDR So-Dimm 60GB HDD Fujitsu silent 8Mb, 5400 Integrated Intel Extreme Graphics 2 (855GME, up to 64MB shared memory) DVDRW 3D sound, mic, 4 speakers 56k Modem &...http://weblogs.mozillazine.org/djst/archives/007889.html |