[ltp] Re: X300 anyone?

[Evgeni Golov]

Hi,

On Tue, 17 Jun 2008 14:38:57 +0200 Florian Auer wrote:

> I don't do much 3D stuff and gaming, so CPU/GPU power is not decisive, and 
> with an intel graphics accellerator in the X300 I can use GPL'd drivers and 
> do not have to fume at any proprietary drivers (right now I'm using an ATI 
> Mobility Radeon x300 on an R52 - OSS driver "radeon" works far better for me 
> than the proprietary one from ATI).
> 
> I'm especially interested in the 3G and GPS hardware, good luck a new 
> installation guide / review was added to tuxmobil.org today [1].

I think you should be able to get decent 3G and GPS hardware for every
notebook having either USB or PCMCIA/ExpressCard (so do I with my 3G
card). But of course integrated hardware is nicer.

> I carry my notebook about wherever I am, so weight matters. I'm doing lots of 
> web development and have to administer some servers via SSH or OpenVPN. This 
> autumn I start studies 40 km from my hometown, so mobile internet access is 
> quite important for me.
> 
> I also plan a trip to Tanzania/Afrika for about six month (supporting the 
> linux4afrika project [2] - maybe you've heard of them?), and power supply is 
> not the best down there, so I need long battery lifetime :)

Just get enough batteries :)
IIRC there is some extended battery for the X300, but I dont have a
link. (Yes there is one for T61p too :>)

> Pro T61p:             Contra T61p:
> * Disk space          * weight
> * Firewire            * nvidia graphics card
> * Price
> * Docking port
> 
> Pro X300:            Contra X300:
> * 3G hardware        * price
> * weight             * disk space
> * GPS                * no docking port
> * Intel GMA
> * style :)

What about a X61?
Has 3G, has Intel GMA, diskspace, docking port, is much more cheaper
and style is in all ThinkPads.