[wellylug] Laptop WITHOUT windoze.

Jonathan Harker jharker at massey.ac.nz
Fri Mar 5 16:41:51 NZDT 2004


Jethro Carr wrote:

> hi all,
> 
> not sure if anyone else has noticed, but DSE is advertising these
> laptops, with transmeta processers, which require no fans, for $1500.
> 
> The great thing is that it comes with no OS, so you can install the
> Linux of your choice, and you don't have to pay for a useless os, which
> you probelly won't want.

You may want to check the performance of the TM5800 processor first - much 
slower than even a PIII 800 MHz:

http://www.techtv.com/freshgear/products/jump/0,23009,3400054,00.html





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