FOAK: ASUS Laptops

Would linux really work on your iBook? If so, then I have learnt something
new.

 

dwb says...

I'm sure somebody's done it, Some people feel the urge to port Linux to
the strangest of devices.

 

Yes, it's only a PowerPC processor, nothing special.

 

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go on go on go on..... RRP £1400, current bid is £500

 

Not what I'm speaking about. That's an emulator, I'm talking about
running Linux for PPC on an iBook and running Darwin on an x86. No
emulation involved.

 

I meant running natively not under emulation.

 

And? Can you run it outside of an emulator?

 

On Tue, 20 Jul 2004 10:07:24 +0300, Ben Blaney wrote:

My Dell is holding up OK. IBM do the best laptop keyboards, though.

 

I tried to kill my old Latitude in the hope of getting an upgrade. What
I really wanted was a Sparcbook.

 

I've never had an IBM laptop. I see they've finally given up only
providing a stick mouse, and now give you a pad and a stick.

Why is it that it's the linux-nerds who can't spell "business case"?

 

I was told that I could choose my next laptop when my old one expired,
that included a Sparcbook or whatever I could justify. Heh.. I know
about this business case thing, as it was part of my job to actually go
hunting for and buy kit needed for projects.

 

Mash

Tempting, though not quite what I'm looking for. I'm quite
keen on getting something with a pretty decent battery life
i.e. 4+ hours and wireless integrated, although the latter is
not crucial I suppose.

 

I think they've been doing it on some models for a couple of years. I
think the T series still just has the track button.

One can get used to it quite quickly and it has some advantages to a
track-pad. Space is one, obviously. I also find it very easy to knock
the track pad inadvertently when typing, which can be annoying.

Having said that, my Dell has both and I usually use the pad.

 

Verdigris wrote:

I find that happens more with the stick. As you type a G, H, Y or B
the cursor suddenly flies of somewhere and you're typing somewhere you
don't mean to be.

That doesn't happen for me with a pad. Maybe because I type like I
play the piano.

 

One fingered?

 

Arched.

 

The ones I've used, you've actually got to hit the button quite hard to do
that, whilst a track-pad takes just a casual brush. Simply moving the
pointer doesn't matter because of course it doesn't affect the word
processing application.

With a track button I tend not to use press-to-select anyway, but use the
two buttons at the edge of the keyboard. That's quite handy because you
can just use your thumb, and you can press both together: useful for UNIX
stuff where you might want a three-button mouse.