Notebook shopping [RE-wrenches]

[Tom Elliot, Guffey Energy Works]

William

One thing I've discovered is that you want to stick with an Intel machine
and avoid the Athlon products.  The Athlon chips and chipsets use far more
energy than the Intel chips.  When I did my bit on TechTV a few weeks ago we
initially set up with an Athlon desktop unit that kept crashing a 150 watt
inverter (it had a flat panel monitor) but it ran fine with an Intel.  When
I put a Brand meter on it the Athlon desktop was using 160 watts while my
home desktop with an Intel PIII-450 and a flat panel uses about 85-90 watts.

We wound up running a laptop with an Intel chip and had no problems.


Tom Elliot
Guffey Energy Works


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From: "William Miller" <wrmiller at slonet.org>
To: <RE-wrenches at topica.com>
Sent: Wednesday, November 06, 2002 8:30 AM
Subject: Notebook shopping [RE-wrenches]


> Colleagues:
>
> I am shopping for a new notebook computer.  I have narrowed it to a
Gateway
> 450X or a Dell Inspiron 8200.  I wonder if anyone can comment on either of
> these two machines or suggest any other models I should consider.  My
> criteria are:
>
> -Must have an old fashioned serial port (soon to be a legacy device, I
fear)
> -Screen size and quality important (15")
> -30 gig hard drive minimum
> -TV out
> -Good keyboard layout with easy to reach home, end, etc. keys
> -Would like to spend less than $2K
> -CD RW essential
> -Good sound is nice
> - I do not use fire wire now, but may in the future
> -Portability not so important
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> William
>
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