Date: Sat, 26 Mar 2005 12:39:29 -0800 (PST) From: David Chien <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] Libretto L-Series
1) Keep in mind that even the L-series Librettos are going to be slow - they use the Crusoe CPU, so divide the CPU speed by 1/2 to get the approximate Pentium speeds. (eg. 600Mhz Crusoe = about 300Mhz Pentium; which isn't much faster than a L110 at 233Mhz) 2) For the $300-500 I'd spend on the L-series, I'd rather buy a $499 15" laptop on sale almost anywhere (see newspaper & fatwallet.com/forums/ -> hot deals). Doesn't make much sense to spend $500ish on an obsolete laptop that runs a Crusoe CPU. Here, I'd even buy a Sony SRX series 10" LCD notebook instead - at least these run a real Pentium III at 600-900Mhz. Alos, the TomTom's GPS standalone navi units have been selling as low as $499, and they're a great all-in-one touch-screen GPS/navi unit to use instead of a notebook. 3) My picks would be Fujitsu P5000 series/P7000 series notebook, Sony TR3A through TR5A series notebooks, JVC Interlink XP series, SOny U50/U70 series, etc. -- pretty much anything faster than the Librettos. 4) Mappoint + AGPS for Mappoint plug in works just fine on my L110 at 233Mhz with 64MB RAM on a 20GB HD. You can easily run a GPS system that'll display live location updates to 1-2 second update period on these systems. 5) Keep in mind that the older laptops don't have as daylight-readable LCDs as the newer notebooks. Thus, use in a car will be limited w/o further application of LCD anti-glare/contrast enhancement films as noted earlier (see Mailing List Archives). 6) Anyways, if you're getting the L-series, do buy the fastest model you can get. 7) HD is standard 2.5" 9.5mm - no worries about that voltage thingy. Just buy anything up to 120GB and drop it in. 8) Yep, 120GB Fujitsu HDs are out. adorable toshiba libretto The latest news and information for the Toshiba Libretto owner. http://www.silverace.com/libretto/ __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business - Try our new resources site! http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/resources/
