[TriLUG] Advice on an ultra-light notebook

[David Brain]

Well, LED _backlight_, instead of a CCFL I presume - not actually LED
(or OLED) display.  Apple also use them on the newer Macbook Pros too.
 On the Macbook at least the display looked very good.

David.

On Jan 16, 2008 2:38 PM, Greg Brown <gwbrown1 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Yeah it is LED.  Saves the enviornment, no mercury etc.  blah blah.
>
>
> On Jan 16, 2008 2:02 PM, James c. Jones <jonesjc at intrex.net> wrote:
>
> > David,
> >
> > In the link, it says -- "Yet it still has a 13.3-inch widescreen LED
> > display".,
> >
> > Is it truly LED, LCD???
> >
> > jcj
> > David McDowell wrote:
> > > Welcome to the world of Apple, it's the 3 lb MacBook Air!
> > >
> > > http://www.apple.com/macbookair/
> > >
> > > enjoy,
> > > David
> > >
> > > On Jan 16, 2008 1:46 PM, Andrew Perrin <clists at perrin.socsci.unc.edu>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > >> It's getting to be time to replace my laptop, which is currently a
> > Sharp
> > >> Actius PC-MM10. I like it a lot - particularly its extremely light
> > weight
> > >> and ease of carrying. However, battery life is poor.  Any advice? I
> > need
> > >> it to run linux competently and preferably have built-in both ethernet
> > and
> > >> wi-fi. Built-in bluetooth would be a plus, but not an important one.
> > Very
> > >> light and good battery life are the most important.
> > >>
> > >> Thanks,
> > >> Andy
> > >>
> > >> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> > >> Andrew J Perrin - andrew_perrin (at) unc.edu -
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> > >>
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