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Post #198,845 by cwbrenn 3/15/05 5:33:47 PM Reply	Ooooooooh... avadirect.com has one of those incredible 17" AMD Athlon laptops (Sager model) starting at $1300.00 Sound too good to be true? Well essentially all you get for that is the chassis, motherboard, screen, video card, peripherals. You're not required to buy a processor or CD-ROM drive or hard drive or RAM. So here's the great part: I still have the 60mb, 7200 RPM hard drive from my Alienware laptop. The hard drive, thankfully, is not a custom job. I can get a 17" laptop, sans hard drive, for under 2K. o_O "We are all born originals -- why is it so many of us die copies?" - Edward Young
Post #198,873 by folkert 3/15/05 9:05:41 PM Reply	You'd be a fool not to... at least try it. You can get a hard-drive any time. And get 1GB of Memory, 2x512MB pieces. Dual Channel Memory will be faster. Seriously look at Ubuntu. -- [link\|mailto:greg@gregfolkert.net\|greg], [link\|http://www.iwethey.org/ed_curry\|REMEMBER ED CURRY!] @ *i_wethey* [link\|http://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=134485&cid=11233230\|"Microsoft Security" is an even better oxymoron than "Military Intelligence"] No matter how much Microsoft supporters whine about how Linux and other operating systems have just as many bugs as their operating systems do, the bottom line is that the serious, gut-wrenching problems happen on Windows, not on Linux, not on Mac OS. -- [link\|http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1622086,00.asp\|source]
Post #198,892 by cwbrenn 3/15/05 10:53:25 PM Reply	Re: You'd be a fool not to... Ubuntu? Dunno... Gnome always left me cold. "We are all born originals -- why is it so many of us die copies?" - Edward Young
Post #198,883 by drewk 3/15/05 9:49:50 PM Reply	Ooooooooh... 60 whole mb Yes, I know you meant GB === Purveyor of Doc Hope's [link\|http://DocHope.com\|fresh-baked dog biscuits and pet treats]. [link\|http://DocHope.com\|http://DocHope.com]
Post #198,891 by cwbrenn 3/15/05 10:52:45 PM Reply	Re: Ooooooooh... 60 whole mb hey! My hard drive can run Windows 95 and let me store FIVE WHOLE FILES ON IT! :D "We are all born originals -- why is it so many of us die copies?" - Edward Young

Linux Laptop? - (cwbrenn) - (31) - March 11, 2005, 03:17:23 PM EST

Pavilion zv5370us Notebook - (a6l6e6x) - March 11, 2005, 05:40:44 PM EST

Yendor Mike just got an HP zd8080us... - (folkert) - (3) - March 12, 2005, 05:47:49 PM EST

As Greg said... - (Yendor) - March 12, 2005, 08:18:32 PM EST

But, it's not an Athlon 64. - (a6l6e6x) - (1) - March 12, 2005, 08:57:53 PM EST

Truedat... - (Yendor) - March 12, 2005, 09:48:04 PM EST

Re: Linux Laptop? - (pwhysall) - March 13, 2005, 01:11:22 AM EST

Possible contender - (cwbrenn) - (19) - March 14, 2005, 07:47:14 PM EST

No personal experience. - (Another Scott) - (9) - March 14, 2005, 07:55:26 PM EST

Re: No personal experience. - (cwbrenn) - (8) - March 14, 2005, 08:20:53 PM EST

On the configuration page it's different. - (Another Scott) - (7) - March 14, 2005, 09:15:16 PM EST

And contrast that with the recommendation I made before. - (a6l6e6x) - (4) - March 14, 2005, 09:26:04 PM EST

Wow! -NT - (Another Scott) - (3) - March 14, 2005, 09:33:43 PM EST

Don't be decieved... - (cwbrenn) - (2) - March 14, 2005, 10:01:58 PM EST

I'll take it back. - (cwbrenn) - (1) - March 14, 2005, 10:26:41 PM EST

ICLRPD (new thread) - (Steve Lowe) - March 15, 2005, 02:23:13 AM EST

That's very strange, because - (cwbrenn) - (1) - March 14, 2005, 09:32:58 PM EST

Add an OS and the price will match mine. :-) -NT - (Another Scott) - March 14, 2005, 09:36:41 PM EST

On a non-technical note. - (pwhysall) - (8) - March 15, 2005, 01:35:19 AM EST

True, but... - (cwbrenn) - (7) - March 15, 2005, 02:59:18 PM EST

Nothing here move along. - (folkert) - March 15, 2005, 03:10:47 PM EST

Mind you - (pwhysall) - (4) - March 15, 2005, 03:09:50 PM EST

I would love to have a Powerbook, but... - (cwbrenn) - (3) - March 15, 2005, 03:17:48 PM EST

Monopoly? - (pwhysall) - (1) - March 15, 2005, 03:21:47 PM EST

Monopoly. - (cwbrenn) - March 15, 2005, 03:43:44 PM EST

Just buy it for the nice hardware then - (SpiceWare) - March 15, 2005, 03:52:04 PM EST

ICLRPD (new thread) - (folkert) - March 15, 2005, 03:11:13 PM EST

Ooooooooh... - (cwbrenn) - (4) - March 15, 2005, 05:33:47 PM EST

You'd be a fool not to... - (folkert) - (1) - March 15, 2005, 09:05:41 PM EST

Re: You'd be a fool not to... - (cwbrenn) - March 15, 2005, 10:53:25 PM EST

Ooooooooh... 60 whole mb -NT - (drewk) - (1) - March 15, 2005, 09:49:50 PM EST

Re: Ooooooooh... 60 whole mb - (cwbrenn) - March 15, 2005, 10:52:45 PM EST

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