tiny laptops

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Hello,

I am in the market for very a very small laptop. Something between a

Sharp Zaurus C760
(http://www.zaurususergroup.com/index.php?module=prodreviews&func=showconten
t&id=4)

and

Texas Instruments, Travelmate 4000e
(http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=177&item=5133362423&
rd=1)

I primarily interested in using it as a text editor via a terminal and a
simple GUI (like the most basic offered by Linux). Therefore, it needs to
have a keyboard I can use with both hands and type reasonable fast and a
resolution good enough to show a SIMPLE display.

Are there any resources I might use to find out what is out there?

Thank you,

Dan

Archived from groups: comp.sys.laptops (More info?)

http://www.dynamism.com



"Mike S." <retsuhcs@xinap.moc> wrote in message
news:clr9ra$gdt$1@reader1.panix.com...
>
> In article <3a7gd.2$L35.1@dfw-service2.ext.ray.com>,
> Dan Elliott <dan_elliott_at_cox_dot_net@noSpam.org> wrote:
>>Hello,
>>
>>I am in the market for very a very small laptop.
>
> http://www.oqo.com
>

Archived from groups: comp.sys.laptops (More info?)

www.dynamism.com is
the best source for
tiny laptops.



dk



"Dan Elliott" <dan_elliott_at_cox_dot_net@noSpam.org> wrote in message
news:3a7gd.2$L35.1@dfw-service2.ext.ray.com...
> Hello,
>
> I am in the market for very a very small laptop. Something between a
>
> Sharp Zaurus C760
>
(http://www.zaurususergroup.com/index.php?module=prodreviews&func=showconten
> t&id=4)
>
> and
>
> Texas Instruments, Travelmate 4000e
>
(http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=177&item=5133362423&
> rd=1)
>
> I primarily interested in using it as a text editor via a terminal and a
> simple GUI (like the most basic offered by Linux). Therefore, it needs to
> have a keyboard I can use with both hands and type reasonable fast and a
> resolution good enough to show a SIMPLE display.
>
> Are there any resources I might use to find out what is out there?
>
> Thank you,
>
> Dan
>
>

Archived from groups: comp.sys.laptops (More info?)

"E Brown" <epbrown01@att.net> wrote in message
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> Might try an old Sony Picturebook.
> Emanuel

Great suggestion! How long has the Sony Picturebook been manufactured? How
much money should I expect to spend? How comparable is the hardware when
compared to other laptops at the time?

Thank you,

Dan

Archived from groups: comp.sys.laptops (More info?)

On Fri, 5 Nov 2004 09:10:59 -0600, "Dan Elliott"
<dan_elliott_at_cox_dot_net@noSpam.org> wrote:
>
>"E Brown" <epbrown01@att.net> wrote in message
>news:f0g6o0180stm4go1v082vv9mu72u4rk74s@4ax.com...
>> Might try an old Sony Picturebook.
>> Emanuel
>
>Great suggestion! How long has the Sony Picturebook been manufactured? How
>much money should I expect to spend? How comparable is the hardware when
>compared to other laptops at the time?
>
The Picturebook has been around since at least 1998, and early
models can be found for less than $500. Until recently, there was
nothing smaller, or with as good potential battery life (with double
and quadruple capacity batteries available). The built in camera is
also convenient.
Chief weakness is OS support and memory for the earlier models.
Getting the camera to work with Windows' newer versions is a challenge
(but do-able) and max memory is around 256MB for the earlier versions
since the 256MB chip is NLA. The C1-M is the most up-to-date and
misses those issues.
Emanuel