new laptop
posted by CodeGirl
I got a nice bonus for last year and decided I needed a
new laptop. Wish I had remembered that the amount
was *pre*tax. I spent it all on a refurb Dell Latitude
D600 1.6Ghz CeleronM, 32mb ATI Radeon 9000,
integrated 10/100/1000 ethernet, 802.11g, 14″ SXGA
(max res 1400×1050 — XGA does only 1024×768), two
USB 2.0 slots, svideo out, combo CDRW/DVD-ROM
and winmodem.
I think I’vefound linux drivers for nearly everything.
The integrated wireless (Intel 2200bg) doesnt work
well at 54Mbs under Linux. Got tired of fussing with it,
so I bought a DLink DWLG650 and its been rock solid.
The display is very, very nice. Glad I went with the
separate video with its own ram; most laptops
nowadays use ’shared’ memory and steal ram for its
own use.
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