On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 7:58 AM, sonika tyagi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all...need some help! Hello,
> > 1. 2.5Ghz/2.6 Ghz dual core processor ( is there a major difference in the > speed of the two... as the difference in the price is pretty large). 2.5Ghz is good enough. 2.6 costs an aweful more for 100mhz. > 2. two separate hard disks (making at least 250GB) for linux and windows, > respectively. Are there any issues such as heating and speed with two > separate hard drives on the laptop? > The option I got was a 200GB SATA HDD (7.2k rpm) + 80MB PATA (5400 rpm) 2nd > drive...I am a bit skeptical about the PATA drive!!! why dont u take the second one as sata too?? > 3. 1X2GB SDRAM > 4. 9 cell Li-ion bettery Bad choice, if u ask me. 9 cell battery of dell is too heavy and carrying around the laptop will prove quite a burden. > 5. 8X DVD RW > 6. 6MB L2 Cache with 800MHz FSB > 7. blue tooth > 8. wi-fi etc. > > Which audio/video, wireless network cards are the best with Linux ? > > Should there be any other issues you know of and would like to share? > Try the live cd if u have access to a machine and see if it works before buying. D Pranith Kumar, Member, Technical Staff, Mentor Graphics, India. _______________________________________________ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
