The problem with any low-end old laptop is it's graphics chipset is going to have very little memory available to it. I had a PII-450 and it's video had to be set to 15bit color or it jerked all over the place. I can't imagine anything less. Not to mention that Mozilla isn't exactly light weight.
Paul On Thu, 2003-07-24 at 13:11, Alex wrote: > Does anyone know of a good laptop to run linux on (preferably gentoo)? > > The only graphical program I intend to run is Mozilla, otherwise I will > use text based programs. I guess I just want a dumb terminal that can do > X. > > I was wondering, since gentoo is a source-based distrobution, how *slow* > of a computer can be useful? > > Would mozilla run well on a Pentium II-266 Mhz? I realize there are other > browsers like links & lynx, but they don't seem to render most pages > correctly. > > What does X need to run smoothly, say as a dumb terminal? > > I was also hoping it could last more than 3 hours on battery without > weighing a ton.... (and be able to use a wireless network card). > > I suppose this is too much... > > -Alex > > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
