On Sat, Feb 04, 2006 at 11:35:10AM -0500, Tracy R Reed wrote: > > As far as I am concerned a laptop is a tool for acting as a terminal to > other more powerful systems. My ideal laptop has a big screen, fast > network connection, low speed processor, and enough RAM to run my GUI > environment (512M is usually plenty even with Gnome/KDE etc), and has a > long battery life. I am typing on a laptop right now and I am running an > email client, web client, ssh, etc. Nothing that really uses much RAM or > cpu. All client-side applications. If I knew I would always have fast > bandwidth I would not run any local applications at all other than NX or > something to connect to my server. >
Nice specs, but my laptop use includes: - off internet processing when I travel and need to get a little work done (while trucking the kids around to their weekend appointments/classes) - air travel entertainment for self-same kids. But battery life is a killer there, and I await the day economy seats have a power hook up (yes, I would pay extra) -- Lan Barnes [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux Guy, SCM Specialist 858-354-0616 -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
