laptop suggestions?

[Lennart Sorensen]

On Mon, Feb 02, 2009 at 02:50:17PM -0500, Tyler Aviss wrote:
> In general I've had good luck with HP Pavillions, but my more recent
> acquisition (tx2500ca) is still going through "growing pains".
> 
> Turion X2 Ultra CPU: Powerful, but can get a little "toasty" on the lap
> Mobility Radeon HD 3200 IGP graphics (working quite nicely with newest
> FGLRX drivers)
> 12" reversible-tablet screen /w touchscreen and digitizer pen (update
> wacom drivers to use pen)
> Intel HD audio (output is good, mic in seems to not be working)
> Good battery life: (1.5h of doing 3d stuff /w Blender used maybe 25-30%)
> Expresscard slot (PCMCIA successor, haven't tested)
> Gigabit ethernet: native support
> 802.11n Wireless: (driver issues in current kernels. B43 project
> expects to be addressing N cards hopefully sometime in the
> not-too-far-future)
> 320GB HDD
> 4GB RAM
> Cardreader: native supoprt
> Bluetooth: native support
> 
> tabletpcreview has a page on it here:
>   http://www.tabletpcreview.com/default.asp?newsID=1217

Well I wouldn't expect much from it based on my experience with HP's
crappy quality on their consumer products.

ATI graphics and chipset and broadcom wireless are also on my avoid at
all cost list.

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Len Sorensen
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