John Andersen wrote: [snip]

I might be in the market for something like the Air if it had a runtime longer than a cup of coffee and was a bit more durable.

Any other recommendations for: super thin, lightweight ultra portable reasonable screen size not too slow can run Linux

John, the Dell Inspiron 1525 exceeds all of the above. ;) If you get one, DO order it with the Intel 3948 wifi card....NOT the Dell wifi and 2Ghz. processor. My only complaint is that I can't turn off the touch pad in any flavor of openSUSE. Yes.....some other distros. will. :( Fred -- Linux is an old Latin word meaning, "I don't have to support your Windows anymore." -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

John Andersen wrote:

On Tue, Jun 3, 2008 at 2:57 PM, Fred A. Miller <fmiller@lightlink.com> wrote:

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I might be in the market for something like the Air if it had a runtime longer than a cup of coffee and was a bit more durable.

Any other recommendations for: super thin, lightweight ultra portable reasonable screen size not too slow can run Linux John, the Dell Inspiron 1525 exceeds all of the above. ;) If you get one, DO order it with the Intel 3948 wifi card....NOT the Dell wifi and 2Ghz. processor. My only complaint is that I can't turn off the touch pad in any flavor of openSUSE. Yes.....some other distros. will. :(

Fred

But that's still a 6 pound machine Fred. The air is 3 And its way thicker than the Air. And I can't get Dell's web site to even cough up a guestimate of battery runtime.

I don't run on battery, so I can' tell you.......there is a 9 cell option with SHOULD give you around 2 hrs. time. Yes....I know it's bigger and heavier, but it's NOT "bad" IMHO. For the money, it's one of the best built QUICK laptops for the money available. 11.0 and KDE 3.* with ALL the effects bells and whistles running is still quicker than Vista.....yeah....I know, that might not be saying a whole lot. ;) Fred -- Linux is an old Latin word meaning, "I don't have to support your Windows anymore." -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

On Tue, Jun 3, 2008 at 5:21 PM, John Andersen <jsamyth@gmail.com> wrote:

On Tue, Jun 3, 2008 at 2:15 PM, Sloan <joe@tmsusa.com> wrote:

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John Andersen wrote:

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On Tue, Jun 3, 2008 at 12:59 PM, Chuck Norem <cnorem@gmail.com> wrote:

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As for chicken/egg: I've never seen a laptop that supported wifi but had no cat5 port.

The Macbook Air supports wifi, but requires a USB adaptor in order to support a wired Ethernet connection.

I stand corrected.

Which Linux distro runs best(or at all) on the Macbook Air?

I'm guessing ubuntu - but perhaps not til 8.10

Joe

I might be in the market for something like the Air if it had a runtime longer than a cup of coffee and was a bit more durable.

Any other recommendations for: super thin, lightweight ultra portable reasonable screen size not too slow can run Linux

If you can wait a couple years, the XO-2 should be perfect. (If you have really small hands!!) ;) http://blog.laptopmag.com/first-look-olpc-xo-generation-20 Seriously, I suspect the technology the OLPC team is forging is going to allow some great advances in the area you are looking into. Greg

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