[Nottingham] Re: Nottingham Digest, Vol 108, Issue 4

[martin lowther]

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.

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> 1. Re: WMV conversion info needed (Tony Shaw)
> 2. Re: Buying a Laptop (David Wolfson)
> 3. Re: Buying a Laptop (Peter Chang)
> 4. Re: Buying a Laptop (Cam)
> 5. Re: Buying a Laptop (Peter Chang)
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> Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2005 20:16:44 +0100
> From: Tony Shaw <tony at shaw5336.freeserve.co.uk>
> Subject: Re: [Nottingham] WMV conversion info needed
> To: nottingham at mailman.lug.org.uk
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> Johannes Kling wrote:
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> >Hello,
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> >Run:
> ># mencoder -oac help
> ># mencoder -ovc help
> >
> >Note down the available audio and video codecs respectively and pick
> >one for each. To start the actual re-encoding, run:
> >
> ># mencoder source.wmv -oac $audio_code -ovc $video_codec -o target.avi
> >
> >E.g.:
> >
> ># mencoder source.wmv -oac mp3lame -ovc lavc -o target.avi
> >
> >Depending on your machine and the length of the file, you may want to
> >get a cup of coffee at this point as it may well take some time to
> >complete.
> >
> Thanks Johannes, I will give that a try.
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> Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2005 20:17:03 +0100
> From: "David Wolfson" <eaxdrw at nottingham.ac.uk>
> Subject: Re: [Nottingham] Buying a Laptop
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> hi,
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> >I looking to buy a laptop. Looking at spending 600 to 900 pounds. Does
> anyone
> >have any recommendations as to where to buy one? I have very little
> >experience with laptops. Does anyone know where I could get one without
> an OS
> >at a discount?
>
> Have a look at linux on laptops:
> http://www.linux-laptop.net/
> 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!).
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> Happy Hunting,
>
> Dave
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> 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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> Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2005 20:29:55 +0100 (BST)
> From: Peter Chang <Peter.Chang at nottingham.ac.uk>
> Subject: Re: [Nottingham] Buying a Laptop
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> On Tue, 11 Oct 2005, Simon wrote:
> [recommendations for a laptop]
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> How about a very light (<1.5kg) laptop with good battery life? For example
> a Lenovo thinkpad X series or Sony Vaio T series. Are there any other
> beasts that are as light but much cheaper than 1500 squids?
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> Peter
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> Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2005 00:08:53 +0100
> From: Cam <camilo at mesias.co.uk>
> Subject: Re: [Nottingham] Buying a Laptop
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> Peter
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> Here are a selection of smaller machines. There's not much going for
> less than £1000 though.
>
> http://www.geekstuff4u.com/index.php?cPath=22_51
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> One thing I really value in a laptop is a high res screen, unfortunately
> there are few bargains with screens other than XGA. To do useful work I
> really struggle with an XGA machine. Then again I know that a large part
> of the market wants to watch DVDs on an efficient (relatively low res)
> wide screen.
>
> I wish laptop vendors would let you filter out machines by screen
> size... the only one that springs to mind is Dell where you can order a
> pricey machine with screen size of your choice.
>
> -Cam
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> Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2005 00:47:28 +0100 (BST)
> From: Peter Chang <Peter.Chang at nottingham.ac.uk>
> Subject: Re: [Nottingham] Buying a Laptop
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> > Here are a selection of smaller machines. There's not much going for
> > less than £1000 though.
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> > http://www.geekstuff4u.com/index.php?cPath=22_51
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> Thanks for the link Cam. Those Panasonics look good. I spotted an Acer
> TravelMate 3002 for 900+VAT so that's close to 1000 but no cd/dvd builtin.
>
> Peter
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