[TriLUG] need a laptop too

[Reginald Reed]

Ahhh, a *used* laptop.  That makes a big difference, especially for
battery life.  In general, don't trust battery life on any used
laptops.  If you buy used and you care about battery, I'd buy a new
battery.  The main problem with that is batteries aren't cheap.


On Tue, 7 Sep 2004 09:58:40 -0400, Jason Tower <jason at cerient.net> wrote:
> decent means it will run for an hour or so unplugged.  this is just a
> kids computer, they're not getting a new T-series thinkpad :-)
> $200-400 price range.
> 
> jason
> 
> 
> 
> On Tuesday 07 September 2004 08:23, Reginald Reed wrote:
> > Jason,
> >
> > What does "have a decent battery" mean to you?  And what is your
> > target price range for the hardware?
> >
> > If decent battery means over 3 hours, I highly suggest something with
> > the Pentium-M and Centrino chipset.  Before moving over to a 1.5GHz
> > Powerbook, I had a Thinkpad T40p with extended battery.  *Many* times
> > I ran 6+ hours on battery.  The Powerbook is good for about 2 hours
> > at best.  This isn't considered decent to me (I travel a lot, but
> > have airplane DC power stuff so it's not that big of a deal).
> >
> > --Reggie
> >
> > On Tue, 7 Sep 2004 01:36:41 -0400, Jason Tower <jason at cerient.net>
> wrote:
> > > i need to build a linux laptop for a client, doesn't need to be the
> > > latest and greatest but not a piece of junk either.  something in
> > > the p2/p3 range should be fine, the only real requirement is that
> > > it have a decent battery.  if you have anything suitable that you'd
> > > like to sell please contact me offlist.  thanks,
> > >
> > > jason
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