Posts by jnev_89

told you what are you going to try instead? i heard arch was really good, i'll be installing it on my pc in a few days.

i tried the livecd of kanotix - after hearing some really good things about it - and wasn't very impressed. it had pretty average hardware detection (at least for my pc) and seemed slugging (although this was probably because it was a...

your standard battery lasts 2.5 hours with photoshop/vb.net use? or light internet use?

that's what i meant. so you're saying that the 1.6ghz from the 6000 would be about the same as the 1.8ghz from the 700m?

anyone else have any opinions about the 700m vs the ibp 101?

if i was to use that 750 off 2000 coupon i would just get a 2.0ghz cpu and 7k60 hd, i hate spending money on warranties.

i'll just get the 8 cell probably. is 512mb ram enough for java? EDIT i was looking at other comparable laptops to the 700m, and i found the ibuypower 101 slim-series. same spec, it's a couple hundred cheaper (with dell's current 20%...

how much does the 8-cell stick out? any pics of it? EDIT never mind, i looked through the gallery. what's the average battery life of each battery (4 and 8 cell)?

thanks for the replies guys. a class is only about 2 hours, and aside from that i won't be using much (at school at least). i'll looks into the stuff you guys said. thanks

i'm trying to decide on which notebook to get this summer. it will be used for internet/email/word processing/all of that stuff, probably some coding in java, and maybe some very light gaming. next year in school i will be taking a...