One thing I really like about the Dell is the docking station. All the
cables (network, mouse, keyboard, monitor, external drives, sound, and
power) all plug into it. So instead of having to plug all of these in
when coming back to my desk, I just slide it in the docking station and
turn on the power.
Downsides:
* The hard drive (on the Latitude CPi anyway) is slow.
* One meg of video RAM is really not enough.
* The latch which holds the two halves together may be made of plastic
and, if so, will break eventually. Dell will replace it with a metal
unit.
* There's a little screw in the bottom (again of the CPi) may loosen. If
it does, grounding to the battery may fail causing system lock-ups.
hth,
kf
--
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On Sun, 29 Oct 2000, Jason Costomiris wrote:
= I've already been to the Linux-Laptop site. It's a fantastic resource
= for seeing what does and does not work on various models. I'm more
= interested in some specific feedback from people using some specific
= hardware, so I can better decide what I'd like to buy before plopping a
= few thousand bucks down on a mistake. :-)
=
= The candidates:
=
= 1) IBM ThinkPad A20p
= 2) Dell Inspiron 5000e
= 3) HP Omnibook 6000
=
= Compaq is never an option, too much hardware butchering there. They
= can't be bothered to use a normal BIOS and rely on those extraneous disk
= partitions so you can point & drool to configure simple system settings?
= I can't be bothered to buy their hardware. :)
=
= Requirements:
= 1) XFree86 4.0.1 support (hopefully at 1280x1024, or higher)
= 2) built-in modem
= 3) USB
= 4) 14" or larger panel, active matrix, of course
= 5) Sound hardware that works under Linux
= 6) At least an 18G drive
= 7) DVD-ROM
= 8) 2 PC-Card sockets
= 9) Ability to do simultaneous display to panel and external SVGA
=
= Optional, but nice to have:
= 1) integrated ethernet (the mini-pci cards seem cool)
= 2) IEEE-1394
=
= Seems I can meet all of my "musts" as well as half of my "would be
= nices" with any of these. Any thoughts? At this point, I'm heavily
= leaning toward the ThinkPad. I've always liked them, and they're very
= solidly built.
=
= --
= Jason Costomiris <>< | Technologist, geek, human.
= jcostom {at} jasons {dot} org | http://www.jasons.org/
= Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum viditur.
=
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