What Noteboork Should I Buy For 64 bit Linux?

1) What is your budget?

1500

2) What size notebook would you prefer?

Ultraportable; 12" screen or less 0r Thin and Light; 13" - 14" screen

3) What tasks will you be performing with the notebook?

c++ development

4) Will you be taking the notebook with you to different places or leaving it on your desk?

to and from work on subway

5) Will you be playing games on it; if so, which games?

not really

6) Are there any brands that you prefer or any you really don't like?

I went to compusa and wanted to get hands on feel for the weight aspect and have these in mind
HP L2005cm
HP v2658us
HP 2582 us

7) How many hours of battery life do you need?

as many as possible but not a major factor since I'm plugged in at work

8) Do you mind buying online without seeing the notebook in person?

nope

9) What country are you buying this in?
usa
Screen Specifics

10) From the choices below, what screen resolutions would you prefer?

on my laptop I run 1280x1024 which is good , I like to watch movies but I don't want alot of weight.


11) Do you want a glossy/reflective screen or a matte/non-glossy screen?

some times I sit on the porch and my current machine can be hard to see if its sunny out so which ever would work best

Build Quality and Design

12) Are the notebook's looks and stylishness important to you?
not really

13) How long do you want this laptop to last?

as long as possible

Notebook Components

14) How much hard drive space do you want; 40GB to 120GB?

the more the better

15) Do you need a DVD, DVD-CD/RW or DVD-R drive?

yes I like to watch movies on planes not that I travel that much


Thanks alot !!!

 

Why don't you take a look at the Lenovo Z series, excellent build quality and it'd fit all your needs.

 

correct me if i'm wrong, but i don't believe lenovos have any 64-bit chips. take a look at the fujitsu s2110.

 

Can't believe I did that, I wasn't thinking, sorry..

You're right ejl.

If you want a 12 incher with a 64-Bit CPU that fits all your req. there's the MSI 1013 at www.rawpowerpc.com

 

i was just about to add a note about the 1013...problem is, the battery life is a little bit short (3.5 hrs compared to the fujitsu's supposed 6.5). still, msi makes good notebooks and may be more portable.

 

You had me puzzled too. Earlier today I was reading something about cpus that are 64 compatible but are not marketed as such. I was thinking the one you recommended was one and I was trying to find that link again. I think I got it off here somewhere

The Core Duo being an example of one .

I like idea of a thinkpad but I think you get more for your dollar with others, although not ever owning one it may be a trade off for reliability & quality.

 

the core duo is not actually a 64-bit processor. well, i believe it was designed 64-bit but the 64-bit capability was turned off, and i'm pretty sure nobody has been able to reactivate it. they say supposedly that the merom can be place onto the same board, though. anyway, intel does not have any operating 64-bit notebook processors out, so you're pretty much looking at only turion/mobile athlon64 processors at this point.

 

Lenovos are built extremely well, but of course you do pay a premium for it.

 

Excellent!!! I like the Fujitsi but I really like that xp64 is an option for the MSI one. I haven't seen too many laptops for xp64 coming preinstalled. Maybe I'm blind but I just haven't seen them and I like it because hopefully all the driver issues are resolved.

64 bit linux will be loaded as well but at least having xp64 I can jump right in developing right away.

Thanks for the suggestions!!

 

No problem, glad to have helped. Sorry for that stupid mistake at the beginning.

 

I know lots of people running fedora successfully on the HP L2000/V2000z. But the quality of these machines isn't as good as the ibm's/lenovo.

 

Unfortunately no Lenovos are 64 bit as of yet, they will be when Merom comes out though.

 

Any preferences on cpu? I'm not sure of the differences between Turion ML vs MT vs Sempron and which would be best for xp 64.

thanks

 

Sempron is not 64 bit, so scratch that out.

ML is 64 bit and so is the MT, so they'd be fine, but the MT series is of a lower voltage thus it'll have a bit better battery life, sometimes much better. As far as I know, there isn't a big performance difference though.