Inexpensive Linux Laptop

[Kjel Anderson]

I just picked up an Everex xT5000T (Made by FIC).  I'm running Kubuntu
Feisty. Everything worked from the git go with the exception of the internal
speakers. I have headphones but no internal speakers. Since I almost never
use the built in speakers it is not a big deal. For the price ($770) this
laptop is hard to beat. Here are the specs:

AMD Turion 64 X2 Dual Core TL-50 @ 1600mhz per core
OS    Genuine Windows Vista Home Premium
RAM    1 GB of 533mhz DDR2 occupying a single slot, leaving 1 slot available
Display    17" WXGA+ 1440x900 Diamond Brite screen
Graphics    Nvidia Geforce Go 7600 with 256MB DDR2 dedicated
Audio    Realtek ALC885 High-Definition Audio Codec
Hard Drive    100GB (5400RPM) with a slot for a second hard drive also
available
Optical Drive    8x DVD+/-RW Dual Layer
I/O Ports

    * 3 x USB
    * 1 x DVI
    * 1 x TV-out (S-video)
    * 1 x Mic-in
    * 1 x Headphone in
    * 1 x Infrared – IrDA
    * 1 x Modem – RJ-11
    * 1 x RJ-45 LAN
    * 1 x Express Card
    * 1 x Firewire – 1394
    * 4-in-1 Card Reader for SD, MMC, MS, and MS Pro

Communications

·         10/100/1000 Ethernet

·         802.11b/g
Dimensions/Weight

·         15.7" x 11.8" x 1.3 -1.6" (L x W x H)

·         8.45 lbs
Battery/Power    ·         6-cell, 2.5 – 3 hours

Kjel

On 6/6/07, Fran Fadden <FranFadden+ghlug at pobox.com> wrote:
>
> On Mon, June 4, 2007 7:56 am, Alex Hewitt wrote:
> > On Mon, 2007-06-04 at 07:16 -0400, Tech Writer wrote:
> >> If you were looking for an new (not refurbished) inexpensive Linux
> laptop, that would
> be used primarily to run Firefox, OpenOffice and a DVD player, where would
> you get
> it?
> >>
> >> Peg
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> > I recently bought an Acer Aspire 5100 and I'm writing this on it using
> Ubuntu 7.04.
> This model cost ~$700 and has a dual core AMD processor, 1 GB ram and a
> 120 GB hard
> drive. The display is a 1280x800 resolution high brightness panel. The
> system includes
> a DVD dual layer multi format burner.
>
> I bought a similar Acer 5100 about 9 months ago (about the same price and
> specs). Mine
> had the Atheros WIFI, and everything just worked with SuSE 10.1 except the
> audio.  I
> haven't bothered to update the audio (cobbler's children syndrome), but I
> have been
> happy with the system other than that.
>
> Fran
>
>
>
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