I would definitely reccomend an IBM - the linux support is really good
and most things work excellently out of the box, I would look at the
T-series and X-series.<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 10/12/05, <b class="gmail_sendername"><a href="mailto:nottingham-request@mailman.lug.org.uk">nottingham-request@mailman.lug.org.uk</a></b> <<a href="mailto:nottingham-request@mailman.lug.org.uk">
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<br>than "Re: Contents of Nottingham digest..."<br><br><br>Today's Topics:<br><br> 1. Re: WMV conversion info needed (Tony Shaw)<br> 2. Re: Buying a Laptop (David Wolfson)<br> 3. Re: Buying a Laptop (Peter Chang)
<br> 4. Re: Buying a Laptop (Cam)<br> 5. Re: Buying a Laptop (Peter Chang)<br><br><br>----------------------------------------------------------------------<br><br>Message: 1<br>Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2005 20:16:44 +0100<br>
From: Tony Shaw <<a href="mailto:tony@shaw5336.freeserve.co.uk">tony@shaw5336.freeserve.co.uk</a>><br>Subject: Re: [Nottingham] WMV conversion info needed<br>To: <a href="mailto:nottingham@mailman.lug.org.uk">nottingham@mailman.lug.org.uk
</a><br>Message-ID: <<a href="mailto:434C0F9C.2020700@shaw5336.freeserve.co.uk">434C0F9C.2020700@shaw5336.freeserve.co.uk</a>><br>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed<br><br>Johannes Kling wrote:
<br><br>>Hello,<br>><br>><br>>Run:<br>># mencoder -oac help<br>># mencoder -ovc help<br>><br>>Note down the available audio and video codecs respectively and pick<br>>one for each. To start the actual re-encoding, run:
<br>><br>># mencoder source.wmv -oac $audio_code -ovc $video_codec -o target.avi<br>><br>>E.g.:<br>><br>># mencoder source.wmv -oac mp3lame -ovc lavc -o target.avi<br>><br>>Depending on your machine and the length of the file, you may want to
<br>>get a cup of coffee at this point as it may well take some time to<br>>complete.<br>><br>Thanks Johannes, I will give that a try.<br><br><br><br><br>------------------------------<br><br>Message: 2<br>Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2005 20:17:03 +0100
<br>From: "David Wolfson" <<a href="mailto:eaxdrw@nottingham.ac.uk">eaxdrw@nottingham.ac.uk</a>><br>Subject: Re: [Nottingham] Buying a Laptop<br>To: <<a href="mailto:nottingham@mailman.lug.org.uk">nottingham@mailman.lug.org.uk
</a>><br>Message-ID: <<a href="mailto:s34c1dd4.012@ccw0m1.nottingham.ac.uk">s34c1dd4.012@ccw0m1.nottingham.ac.uk</a>><br>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII<br><br>hi,<br><br>>I looking to buy a laptop. Looking at spending 600 to 900 pounds. Does anyone
<br>>have any recommendations as to where to buy one? I have very little<br>>experience with laptops. Does anyone know where I could get one without an OS<br>>at a discount?<br><br>Have a look at linux on laptops:
<br><a href="http://www.linux-laptop.net/">http://www.linux-laptop.net/</a><br>for
some ideas on what might work well. I have an HP compaq nx9010 that was
on RH9, but is now much happier on Mandriva 10.1 (both dual boot xp).
I'd never have got anywhere without that website (and this list!).<br><br>Happy Hunting,<br><br>Dave<br><br>PS I *don't* reccomend this laptop for a linux install if you have a choice - it's a bit of a dog to get working!
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Peter.Chang@nottingham.ac.uk</a>><br>Subject: Re: [Nottingham] Buying a Laptop<br>To: <a href="mailto:nottingham@mailman.lug.org.uk">nottingham@mailman.lug.org.uk</a><br>Message-ID:<br> <<a href="mailto:Pine.GSO.4.21.0510112024270.14149-100000@granby.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk">
Pine.GSO.4.21.0510112024270.14149-100000@granby.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk</a>><br>Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII<br><br><br><br>On Tue, 11 Oct 2005, Simon wrote:<br>[recommendations for a laptop]<br><br>How about a very light (<
1.5kg) laptop with good battery life? For example<br>a Lenovo thinkpad X series or Sony Vaio T series. Are there any other<br>beasts that are as light but much cheaper than 1500 squids?<br><br>Peter<br><br><br><br>This message has been checked for viruses but the contents of an attachment
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<br>To: <a href="mailto:peter.chang@nottingham.ac.uk">peter.chang@nottingham.ac.uk</a>, <a href="mailto:nottingham@mailman.lug.org.uk">nottingham@mailman.lug.org.uk</a><br>Message-ID: <<a href="mailto:434C4605.4080808@mesias.co.uk">
434C4605.4080808@mesias.co.uk</a>><br>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed<br><br>Peter<br><br>Here are a selection of smaller machines. There's not much going for<br>less than £1000 though.<br><br>
<a href="http://www.geekstuff4u.com/index.php?cPath=22_51">http://www.geekstuff4u.com/index.php?cPath=22_51</a><br><br>One thing I really value in a laptop is a high res screen, unfortunately<br>there are few bargains with screens other than XGA. To do useful work I
<br>really struggle with an XGA machine. Then again I know that a large part<br>of the market wants to watch DVDs on an efficient (relatively low res)<br>wide screen.<br><br>I wish laptop vendors would let you filter out machines by screen
<br>size... the only one that springs to mind is Dell where you can order a<br>pricey machine with screen size of your choice.<br><br>-Cam<br><br>--<br><br> <--
<br><a href="mailto:camilo@mesias.co.uk">camilo@mesias.co.uk</a><br><br><br><br>------------------------------<br><br>Message: 5<br>Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2005 00:47:28 +0100 (BST)<br>From: Peter Chang <<a href="mailto:Peter.Chang@nottingham.ac.uk">
Peter.Chang@nottingham.ac.uk</a>><br>Subject: Re: [Nottingham] Buying a Laptop<br>To: <a href="mailto:nottingham@mailman.lug.org.uk">nottingham@mailman.lug.org.uk</a><br>Message-ID:<br> <<a href="mailto:Pine.GSO.4.21.0510120035260.18152-100000@granby.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk">
Pine.GSO.4.21.0510120035260.18152-100000@granby.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk</a>><br>Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=ISO-8859-1<br><br><br><br>> Here are a selection of smaller machines. There's not much going for<br>> less than £1000 though.
<br>><br>> <a href="http://www.geekstuff4u.com/index.php?cPath=22_51">http://www.geekstuff4u.com/index.php?cPath=22_51</a><br><br>Thanks for the link Cam. Those Panasonics look good. I spotted an Acer<br>TravelMate 3002 for 900+VAT so that's close to 1000 but no cd/dvd builtin.
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