> > Mike, > > I'm looking very seriously at a HP Pavillion dm4t. I increased the memory > and battery sizes, specified the 320G/7200rpm drive instead of the 160G SSD > drive, and specified the Intel wifi chip: > > * Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-430M Dual Core processor (2.26GHz, 3MB L2 Cache) > with Turbo Boost up to 2.53GHz > * 4GB DDR3 System Memory (2 Dimm) > * 320GB 7200RPM SATA Hard Drive with HP ProtectSmart Hard Drive > Protection > * Intel(R) HD Graphics > * 14.0" diagonal High-Definition HP BrightView LED Display (1366 x 768) > -For HP Mobile Broadband WWAN > * SuperMulti 8X DVD+/-R/RW with Double Layer Support > * HP TrueVision Webcam + Fingerprint Reader + Digital Microphone > * Intel Wireless-N Card > * Full-size island-style keyboard > * 9 Cell Lithium Ion Battery (over-sized) > > The price is $835 with free 5-8 day shipping. I also did not list all the > M$ that will immediately be scrubbed off the drive. > > Hmm, that's a pretty nice package worth serious consideration. I had a HP > Pavillion a few yrs. back. It was considerably lighter than my Thinkpad. > Don't recall having any problems running Debian / 'Buntu. >
I wonder about Linux support of: Wireless-N, DVD dual layer, Webcam. And its got "Turbo Boost"!. Ha, I still can't believe marketers use this... _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
