Re: tlug: Sub-notebooks for Linux?

[Dennis McMurchy <denismcm@example.com>]

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tlug note from Dennis McMurchy <denismcm@example.com>
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On Sun, 11 May 1997, John D'Elia wrote:

> I'll be moving to the Tokyo area in a month...  I'm wondering about
> getting a laptop that will run Linux.  I had two in mind:  The Toshiba
> Libreto and the Thinkpad 530(?).  Has anyone had experience using these?
> What are the current street prices for these units?  Any other
> recommendations for something in ultra-small notebooks?

  Toshiba Libretto 50 with 75mhz Pentium, 16MegRam 810Meghd
is 190,000 in the flyer I'm looking at.  This has a 6.1" screen !??!

  ThinkPad 535 with 133mhz Pentium, 24MegRam 1Gbhdsk, 10.4"screen
is 290,000

  Somehow, these don't seem like great prices, but this is Fukuoka.

  Personally, I wouldn't buy a machine that couldn't do 1024x768
displays.  Otherwise you can't even really use the X  Window System.
Who wants character-based Unix, even with bash?  

  I think the Sharp Mobius can support 1024x768.  One of those with
the same basic specs as the ThinkPad is 330,000 in the same flyer.

  Hope this helps,

Dennis McMurchy, 
Tojinmachi, Fukuoka




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