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On Thu, 17 Nov 2005, maillists wrote: |
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> Thanks! |
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> My budget is very low (under $800.) I have more time than money! I guess |
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> I would like to know if there is any laptop that I should stay away |
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> from. |
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> I would really like to convert my existing laptops (mac powerbook pezzo, |
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> and ibook clamshell) Otherwise I would look around for a used dell, IBM, |
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> sony, or whatever. |
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> One thing I am looking for is if the hardware on the powerbook pezzo is |
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> supported (firewire, dvdrom drive, duel batteries, usb, airport card, |
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> additional display, modem, networking and sound) |
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> I am very interested in using my powerbook for editing video/audio. |
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> Right now I have MacOS 9. with Final Cut Pro. |
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> I have not upgraded to OSX because I would have to update my Final Cut |
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> Pro and adobe stuff too. I would rather set up some kind of "video for |
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> linux" solution instead. All my desktops in my office are Gentoo, so I |
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> would like to be consistent with my laptop. |
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> Thanks again! |
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> Rick |
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> On Thu, 2005-11-17 at 18:51 +0000, Truong NINH wrote: |
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>> What is your budget? |
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>> Iam using Averatec 6240 and more than happy with it. Everything is |
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>> working like charm, all driver supported with Linux. |
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>> On 11/17/05, michael@×××××××××××××.com <michael@×××××××××××××.com> |
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>> As a very gross rule, I've been happy with Dell and Thinkpads, |
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>> and been |
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>> unhappy with Vaio. My own experience is supported by comments |
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>> from |
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>> friends and what I've read on the web. |
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>> Now that I've said this, I'm sure someone will respond with |
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>> exactly the |
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>> opposite. But I'm very interested in the answers. |
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>> Michael |
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>> On Thu, 17 Nov 2005, maillists wrote: |
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>> > Hi, |
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>> > I am looking for a good choice of laptops to use with |
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>> Gentoo. |
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>> > I would like to use my pre-titanium firewire powerbook |
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>> 500mhz G3 |
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>> > (pezzo) Also I have a G3 ibook (clamshell) that I would like |
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>> to convert. |
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>> > Does anybody have experience with these models? |
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>> > Does anybody know of any laptops to avoid with Gentoo? |
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>> > Thanks |
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