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241 lines
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>Portables, Laptops/Notebooks, Sub/Mini-Notebooks, Palmtops, PDAs/HPCs</TITLE
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TITLE="Linux on the Road"
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REL="UP"
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TITLE="Which Laptop to Buy?"
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TITLE="Introduction"
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>Linux on the Road: </TH
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>Chapter 1. Which Laptop to Buy?</TD
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>1.2. Portables, Laptops/Notebooks, Sub/Mini-Notebooks, Palmtops, PDAs/HPCs</H1
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>1.2.1. Portables</H2
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> Weight greater than 4.0 kg (9 lbs). Features like a PC,
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but in a smaller box and with <SPAN
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CLASS="acronym"
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>LCD</SPAN
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> display.
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Examples: lunchbox or ruggedized laptops (e.g.
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>BSI Computer</A
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).
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>1.2.2. Laptops/Notebooks</H2
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> Weight between 1.7 and 4.0 kg (4 to 9 lbs). Features custom hardware and
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usually a special CPU. Examples: HP OmniBook 3100, COMPAQ Armada 1592DT.
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The terms <EM
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>laptop</EM
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> and <EM
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>notebook</EM
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seem equivalent to me.
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>1.2.3. Sub-Notebooks/Mini-Notebooks</H2
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> Weight between 1.3 and 1.7 kg (3 to 4 lbs). Features: external floppy
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drive, external CD drive. Examples: HP OmniBook 800CT, Toshiba Libretto
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100, COMPAQ Aero, SONY VAIO 505.
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>1.2.4. Palmtops</H2
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> Weight between 0.7 and 1.3 kg (1.5 to 3 lbs). Features: proprietary
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commercial operating systems. Examples: HP200LX.
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>1.2.5. Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs)/Handheld PCs (HPCs)</H2
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> Weight below 0.7 kg (1.5 lbs). Features: proprietary commercial
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operating systems and often non-Intel CPU with commercial operating
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systems like PalmOS, EPOC32, GEOS, Windows CE. Examples: Newton Message
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Pad, Palm III (former Pilot), Psion Series 3 and 5, CASIO Z-7000.
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>1.2.6. Wearables</H2
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> Watches, digital pens, calculators, digital cameras, cellular phones and
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other wearables.
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