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For some quick recommendations, see

ConsumerSearch Cheap Laptops Reviews

ancient laptops

Ancient Greeks were mostly interested in geometry, since their numerical system was based of denoting numbers to alphabets. The word geometry was derived from measuring (metry) and geo (land, earth). Before 400 B.C., Thales and Pythagoras among others, proved theorems that are still useful and being taught in schools. These ancient mathematicians had their own laptops. A laptop was usually a wooden tray contains smooth sand. They used a finger or a stick to draw and provide their convincing arguments about geometric figures. To restart the laptop, they smoothed the surface and started another session. This was the first laptop. -- http://home.ubalt.edu/ntsbarsh/zero/ZERO.HTM

more modern NoteBooks

paper notebooks:

43folders: note taking

paper notebooks wiki currently offline 2005-07-09

notebook computers

See CustomNotebook for custom notebook computers. The rest of this page discusses standard off-the-shelf notebook computers.

WikiPedia:Laptop

… plain-talk explainations of the abbreviations used below …

low-cost (under $990) laptop computers

In no particular order,

Yes, but does it do Linux ? http://tuxmobil.org/ Chapter 1. Which Laptop to Buy? http://TuxMobil.org/Mobile-Guide.db/mobile-guide-p1c1-which-laptop-to-buy.html http://linux-on-laptops.com/ http://www.linux-laptop.net/

I’m going to move text to here from http://rdrop.com/~cary/html/laptop.html Real Soon Now.

under $500 laptop computers

"SubNotebook"

laptop-like ... things

the Dana http://alphasmart.com/ is very quiet.

Compared to a desktop computer, the AlphaSmart Dana appears to be overpriced ($429), underpowered, colorless, etc.

However, There are 2 things it can do that desktop machines cannot do. I’ve never seen a laptop that could do them either:

Many PDAs can do those 2 things, but the Dana is the only one that

Tell me if you find any other computing devices with all 3 characteristics. Even #3 alone would be interesting.

– David Cary http://david.carybros.com/html/wearable_electronic.html#dana

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AlphaSmart

Another device with all 3 characteristics: The StudentMate?(TM) and DataMate? ( from http://one2onemate.com/ ) for $480 runs Linux. It seems very similar to the Alphasmart Dana, plus a color screen. “the DataMate? will be shipping by March 2007”.


See HandHeld.

notebook accessories

links to reviews

eBay lists lots of laptops and other computers. For example: http://computers.listings.ebay.com/Apple-Macintosh-Computers_Apple-Laptops-Notebooks

(stuff scavenged from another wiki that is going offline)

General Recommendations

(I don’t mind having both. I’ve seen a few laptops with both).

Anything else I should look at on a used laptop before plunking down my cash ?

Budget Laptops http://www.consumersearch.com/www/computers/budget_laptops

places to buy laptops

Naturally if you want a Dell, you go to http://Dell.com/

What other places sell low-cost laptops ? (used, refurbished, …)

Do TulsaComputerStores sell only “new laptops”, or are there any that sell used / refurbished laptops ?

Specific Recommendations

“The Toshiba S-121 is good, except it doesn’t have a real serial port … has built-in Wifi”

some low-cost laptops

Asa Dotzler of mozilla.org fame asked for laptop recommendations; http://weblogs.mozillazine.org/mt/mt-comments.cgi?entry_id=4297 e-machines VPR Matrix from http://bestbuy.com

near-laptop choices

There’s a wide spectrum of laptops, and an even wider spectrum of computers.

DesktopComputers

Apple iMac (slightly more portable than most desktop machines)

portable wall-powered computers http://cybernetman.com/ (some look just like laptops)

LaptopComputers

What do you think about this ? $399.99 Dana http://www.alphasmart.com/ (It’s an actual PalmOS?? device, except with much wider screen and a laptop-style keyboard; has a much longer time between battery recharges than any laptop I know) ( Any of you actually touched one of these yet ? What do you think ? )

HandheldComputers? (PDAs)

$100 laptop

Have you heard about the $100 Linux laptop ?

Quanta to build the $100 laptop article by Michael Kanellos, 2005-12-13

"Negroponte's now $130 PC due in April 2007" by Dan Farber “The ruggedized, two pound Linux … system, with mesh networking will sell for about $130 to $140 (san shipping) to governments starting in April 2007. Negroponte expects to reach the $100 price point by the end of 2008.”

People attempting non-traditional funding path for the $100 laptop: http://www.pledgebank.com/100laptop

The OLPC Wiki (one laptop per child).

further reading