Posts by penvzila

I had an Averatec 1050 for 5 months, and it was a great laptop. I returned it to Costco simply because I wanted to upgrade to the Toshiba S205-U5002, which was actually 100$ cheaper than what I paid for the 1050. My (underline...

Quote: Originally Posted by Riggs Hill I'm getting the idea that the Averatec is the Yugo? If so, that's funny since the Alienware, comparably specced, is cheaper. Now I'm down to 4 options for my laptop: the Yugo...

yes, you can replace/upgrade the memory. If you can find a dvd-burner that fits (like the one in the 2100 perhaps), then you can replace it too.

Personally, I can tell you that the sager np5690 has very poor build quality, mainly the hinge, which leads to pretty severe cracking if not addressed, although there is no really desirable solution (either strap some steel on it, or...

sager 5690:

More like comparing a Hummer to a Prius.

Ubuntu is by far the easiest distro to install on a laptop for someone with little or no linux experience, or someone who just wants 90% of everything to work right the first time.

Get mandrake 10. Worked the first time for me on a 5690.

Mandrake has been great for me. It installed correctly off the bat and I've been learning linux on it for long enough that I'll be able to install a juicier distro soon. Only drawbacks are the 4 cd download and it's one of the more...

Have you seen one of these before? http://www.tadpolecomputer.com/html/...bullfrog-dual/