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==Introduction== | ==Introduction== | ||
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| + | For many years, I was pretty happy with my [[:Category:600E|600E]]; it is a excellent laptop, which performs very well running MS Windows OS as well as any UNIX-like I put on it (there were three FreeBSD versions and several Linuxes). However, during my recent trip to Florida I discovered that this platform is not good for long travel: | ||
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| + | *it doesn't play DVDs very well | ||
| + | *it eats batteries - two hours is not enough for the four-hour flight from Denver to Ft.Lauderdale | ||
| + | *modern image editing applications such as Canon Digital Photo Professional take too long to execute | ||
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| + | Immediately after returning home I started looking around and after careful considerations bought [[2373-G1U|this]] T40p. There is not much difference between machines in T40-T42 range, especially if you are good with screwdriver; however, | ||
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==Part 2== | ==Part 2== | ||
==Part 3== | ==Part 3== | ||
Revision as of 01:05, 17 February 2006
ATTENTION!
This is work in progress. Do not consider it as a guide - in fact, it really is a page draft filled with notes from running project
Contents
Introduction
For many years, I was pretty happy with my 600E; it is a excellent laptop, which performs very well running MS Windows OS as well as any UNIX-like I put on it (there were three FreeBSD versions and several Linuxes). However, during my recent trip to Florida I discovered that this platform is not good for long travel:
- it doesn't play DVDs very well
- it eats batteries - two hours is not enough for the four-hour flight from Denver to Ft.Lauderdale
- modern image editing applications such as Canon Digital Photo Professional take too long to execute
Immediately after returning home I started looking around and after careful considerations bought this T40p. There is not much difference between machines in T40-T42 range, especially if you are good with screwdriver; however,
