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["Colleen McCarthy" <cmccarthy1 AT nc.rr.com>]

Thanks much to everyone who responded!   I priced out what I think I want on
the Dell site for a comparison and included in below.  I'm going to check
eBay now and see what's out there.  (eBay is where I got my Dell desktop.  I
got exactly what I wanted-- probably some good luck involved in that)

Latitude D505  $887

Catalog Number / Description   Product Code   SKU   Id

 Latitude D505:
IntelR CeleronR M Processor 340 (1.50GHz) w/ 14.1 XGA Display   D5C54X
[221-6660]   1

Operating System:
MicrosoftR WindowsR XP Home Edition, SP2, with media   XPHSP2   [420-4802]
11

Memory:
128MB,Shared,DDR,SDRAM,1 DIMM   128M1D   [311-3276]   3

CD ROM/DVD ROM:
8-24-24-24X SWDVD/CDRW Combo Drive   24CMBO   [341-0135]   16

 Hard Drive:
40GB Hard Drive 9.5MM   40D   [340-9548]   8

Wireless Local Area Networking Options:
IntelR PRO/Wireless 2100 WLAN (802.11b, 11Mbps), miniPCI Card   IPW21
[430-0736]   19

Productivity Software:
Dell Latitude Notebook   NOMSBE   [461-8702]   22

Resource CD:
Resource CD   RCD   [306-0006]   26

Primary Battery:
6 Cell Primary Battery   6C   [310-4495]   27

Floppy Drive:
No Floppy Drive Option   NFD   [340-9630]   10

Modem:
Internal 56K Modem   I56   [312-0187]   14

AC Adapters:
65W A/C Adapter   65AC   [320-1977]   15

Hardware Support Service:
1Year Basic Mail In Plan   T111YRR   [950-8500][950-9057]   29

Colleen McCarthy, BSMT, BSEE, MBA, PMP
(h) 460-0641


-----Original Message-----
From: internetworkers-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org
[mailto:internetworkers-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org]On Behalf Of Sil
Greene
Sent: Monday, March 07, 2005 3:36 PM
To: Internetworkers
Subject: RE: [internetworkers] Laptop Recommendations




from Bill Geschwind:
>
> Also, the screen is noticeably dimmer when running on battery
> power than when running when plugged in.
>

Bill, have you tried manually increasing your brightness?  My laptop (and
many others) will automatically set the brightness lower when shifting
from wall-power to battery, but I can use the brightness hotkeys to
adjust it upwards if I want.  It does eat into the battery life pretty
quickly though.

I'd be surprised if yours actually has a lower upper-brightness-limit when
on battery than when on wall-power, but if that's the case, let us know.



>
> buying RAM I am very partial to www.crucial.com).
> Even though XP can run on less than 256 MB of RAM, I wouldn't try it
> with less than that, and ideally not with less than 384 MB of RAM, and
> since that laptop likely uses shared RAM for video it will have less
> than 256 MB available for the operating system if it comes with 256 MB
> installed.
>

I looked at the specs of the Presario and they did claim that the
32mb of video ram was "dedicated", which should mean it's in addition to
the 256mb of system ram.  "Should", unless HP marketing has redefined the
term "dedicated".  :-/

I believe Colleen mentioned they had a video card upgrade available,
with 64mb ram, for $25.  HP's website indicates this is a separate
video card (the 32mb is a GeForce 420, the 64mb is a 440), but who
knows.  The 25 clams could be Office Despot's service charge for
changing the BIOS' shared video ram setting from "32" to "64".


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