Dell "Days of Deals" has Ubuntu notebook

[Renata Rocha]

On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 17:05, D. Hugh Redelmeier <hugh-pmF8o41NoarQT0dZR+AlfA at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> | From: Fabio FZero <fabio.fzero-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org>
>
> | I'm prejudiced against Celerons... Renata's EeePC 900 has one and,
> | besides the slowness, you can fry an egg on its back. I know this is
> | probably a completely different animal, but for $100-200 more it's
> | possible to get one with an actual Pentium or even Core 2 Duo (with
> | some luck) inside.
>
> It is important to realize that "Pentium*", "Celeron*", "XEON*",
> "Core*", etc. are brand names and not technologies.
>
> Typically, on the low end, you are not paying much for the brand name.
> On the high end, you usually are.
>
> I have no idea which Celeron M ULV 900MHz the EeePC 900 used.  Maybe the
> 333 or the 353 (TDP 7W or 5W).  In either case, the processor power
> requirements are quite low.  Blame the heat on the design of the netbook
> (or other components).
>  <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Intel_Celeron_microprocessors>

AFAIK, it's http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Intel_Celeron_microprocessors#.22Dothan-512.22_.28ultra-low-voltage.2C_90_nm.29

the 900 MHz Model.

My current temperature, doing nothing, is 60C. Blame it on poor design
or whatever.  The atom-based eeePcs don't fry eggs like this one I
have.


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