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Just so you know, mark_alec said it's OK for me to spam the list with |
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this :p |
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After dragging my 4yo 15" laptop around with me during linux.conf.au |
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(and the next week and a half whilst I visited rellies in Victoria), |
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I'm wanting to buy a new (ultraportable) laptop, so around the 12" |
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range. As much as I hate to admit this, it looks like the best deal I |
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can find is the Dell Vostro 1200 (see attachment for how I've specced |
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it out). The actual laptop is around $1550, with another $200 there to |
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buy an external 19" monitor to sit at home. I'll also get at least 5% |
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off the price with the RACQ discount. |
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So, my questions are these: do people think this is a good laptop? Is |
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it value for money? Can you think of a better one in the same |
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size/pricepoint (I was originally looking at the HP Compaq Presario |
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B1246TU, which is $1.8k RRP with only 2 GB of RAM)? Would I have any |
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problems under Gentoo on it (I plan on ditching Vista)? |
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Also, with the monitor: I plan on buying a docking station at home |
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(btw, anyone know of a good one that would work under Gentoo?) and keep |
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my external keyboard, tablet and an LCD monitor plugged in to it. This |
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Dell monitor is about $200 extra for a 19" 1440x900. Is this a good |
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deal? Or should I pay an extra $100 on top of that to get a 20" |
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168x1050 + free Sannheiser headset, or forget Dell and get an extra |
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monitor from elsewhere? (Note that from a quick google, etc. Dell |
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monitors seem to be quite good for their price). |
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In case you're interested, here are some photos someone posted of this |
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lappy: |
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http://img245.imageshack.us/my.php?image=vostro1200frontnn8.jpg |
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http://img256.imageshack.us/my.php?image=vostro1200keyboardbj3.jpg |
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It's not the most attractive laptop, but looks OK. Having the Fn key |
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on the left of the Ctrl key could take a bit getting used to, |
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though :s If you go to the laptop's info page, it's also got a "tour": |
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http://www1.ap.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/vostronb_1200?c=au&l=en&s=bsd&cs=aubsd1 |
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Anyway, to get some of the deals on it (like the free mouse + carry |
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bag), I need to order by Monday, and by Thursday for the free RAM |
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upgrade, so please tell me what you think! |
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Ivan Lazar Miljenovic |
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Ivan.Miljenovic@×××××.com |
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IvanMiljenovic.wordpress.com |
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