On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 4:58 PM, sonika tyagi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Sounds good! > Saurabh, would you mind sending me over the spec of your Dell > inspiron, with all the technical details ? I belive it'll help. Ok, I am sending you the configuration details for my DELL laptop on your email-id. > > Thanks > Sonika > On 7/17/08, saurabh gupta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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. NSIT,New Delhi, India I blog here: http://saurabh1403-blog.blogspot.com/ _______________________________________________ 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/
