[CS-FSLUG] Notebook computers

[N. Thompson]

listmail at rotundus.com wrote:

>Quoting "N. Thompson" <n.thomp at sasktel.net>:
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>>Mostly what I'm looking for to begin with is something between medium and low
>>end, I'd preffer something small and portable as I'd probably end up carrying
>>it around the house. I have no intentions of bringing it outside except when
>>going on vacations away from home (I enjoy travelling but it doesn't happen
>>often :-) ).
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>Well, if you don't really intend to be taking the laptop out of the house all
>that often I wouldn't really worry too much about "small and portable".  If
>you're only going to be carrying it (eg.) from the kitchen to the living room
>on a regular basis, then as long as the system is in laptop form you're
>probably set.
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Small size matters to me because I am looking for a notebook and not a 
desktop replacement, I will probably end up carrying it around the house 
and should the case arise in which the family goes on another vacation 
or we end up moving again I want to be able to carry it around in my 
carry-on luggage. I also do not want it to be obveous that I am carrying 
an expensive notebook around with me because the last thing I would want 
is for it to get stolen.

BTW. I don't know if supervisor passwords can be set in all BIOS's but I 
do want to have that too, that way if the notebook were to be stolen 
whoever steals it would have a headache getting through the supervisor 
password and then getting through the passwords in Linux (which 
hopefully won't happen).

>>Most of what's available here ranges between CAD $1200 - $2000, once in a
>>while they have Mac's and I've noticed the 12" iBook to be the ideal size.
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>I've got a 12" iBook, and it's worked out fairly well, although I do find Mac OS
>X somewhat sluggish at times, and I have had a few logic board problems (which
>I think have been worked out with the current line).
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>My laptop does seem to be racking up a fair bit of mileage, so I do like its
>small size and low weight, but as mentioned above, if you'll just be carrying
>it around the house I wouldn't worry too much about this.
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I am very concerned about all the issues I've heard of with Mac's. If I 
do go with an iBook I'll probably go with whatever extended warranty is 
available because I've heard about people having all sorts of trouble 
with those. I'm not sure about Mac OS X either as I want something that 
can network with Linux and I've never tried the OS before, I'd 
personally much preffer SUSE Linux but because of the small size of the 
12" iBooks I may end up getting one.

>>it absolutely must have a free C++ compiler and a Free copy of Qt available
>>(that counts out Windows, not sure about MacOS X).
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>I think that whatever platform you end up with there will be a free C++ compiler
>available.  On the QT issue, I thought that you picked up a copy of that most
>recent QT book, which included a noncommercial copy of QT for windows?  (BTW,
>if you do have this book, I be interested in a quick review if you've been
>through it already).
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>David
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I have the book although I haven't had a chance to go through it yet, 
from what I've read so far its a very good resource for learning Qt. 
I'll probably have more to say on it when I've finished the book ;-) ..

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