On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 4:21 PM, Pranith Kumar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 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. I dont agree at all. I bought Dell Inspiron 1525, three weeks before and it is of 9 cell battery. It has 250GB hard disk and 3 GB RAM and I cant explain how light is this. It is even lighter than my friend's laptop from dell which has 6 cell battery which they bought last year. I think with advancement in technology Dell has made certain optimizations to make it light in weight. And afterall 9 cell battery is going to give you more backup than 6 cell battery and there is not going to be a much difference in weight which should make you think about 6 cell. > > > 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. Ubuntu 8.04 works like a charm on my laptop for both wireless and wired internet connection. However I never had a working internet connection with ubuntu 6.06. > > > 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/ > -- Saurabh Gupta Electronics and Communication Engg. _______________________________________________ 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/
