Companies that make ultra light notebooks

[sman789]

My current laptop is a 3lb, 1inch thick, 12" screen, 128mb and 600mhz

i love it. but im looking for a more powerful one as 600mhz and 128mb cant do much for me in college

i'm looking at dells new 300m but i'd like to see what else is out there. I've also looked at abs' portable laptop

can you recommend me some....
requirements:
less than 4.5lbs

i've looked at cnet's selection but it seems as if they dun have smaller companies

 

[firtol88]

http://www.dynamism.com/index.shtml

 

[BargainSeeker]

The IBM ThinkPad X and T series:

IBM ThinkPads

 

[AndrewKu]

Dell makes good ultraportable notebooks too.

 

[thuned]

Originally posted by: sman789
My current laptop is a 3lb, 1inch thick, 12" screen, 128mb and 600mhz

i love it. but im looking for a more powerful one as 600mhz and 128mb cant do much for me in college

i'm looking at dells new 300m but i'd like to see what else is out there. I've also looked at abs' portable laptop

can you recommend me some....
requirements:
less than 4.5lbs

i've looked at cnet's selection but it seems as if they dun have smaller companies

Why do you think 600mhz wouldn't be enough for college?

 

[sman789]

cuz im @ VT right now and its not cutting the cheese

it struggles to program in java and browse the net with firebird

 

[thuned]

Really? You must have a really large Java app then. And firebird seems to work fine on my 233mhz.
Although one thing about old notebooks is the hdd is usually really slow. What model do you have right now?

 

[jimmyl930]

I just got an Averatec (Sotec) 3150H for $700 after rebate at Staples.

Specs
Athlon XP-M 1600+ (@1.4GHz)
256mb RAM
DVD-ROM/CD-RW drive
56k + 10/100 LAN
Integrated S3 ProSavage8 (up to 32mb)
12.1" XGA TFT
Windows XP Home
4.3 lbs.
10.6" x 9.6" x 1.2"

I'll post a review of it later. Overall, it's very good. Casing is durable, good design. Their website is

www.sotecglobal.com

Not very good for gaming, but it would be good for work.

 

[sman789]

i have this right now
kds thinnote 3000
the java app is bluej
it has to be the hdd
i dun really care about gaming and my rig sig can do anything i want it to

 

[fr]

Dell X300 or IBM X31.

 

[thornc]

Originally posted by: firtol88
http://www.dynamism.com/index.shtml

yap, these guys sell really small lappys!!!

 

[sciencewhiz]

Can you upgrade the ram in your current laptop? I had a PIII 700 with 512mb of ram it was fine for programming and firebird.

However, my new laptop is a pentium-m 1.3 with 128mb (haven't upgraded it yet) and it struggles with just about anything.

 

[Bacinator]

Fleabay

or

Toshiba Portege R100
-2.4lbs!!!!!
-Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional
-Configurations with up to 1280MB PC2100 DDR memory
-Bright 12.1? Poly-silicon TFT Color display* (1024 x 768)
-Trident XPm32 LP graphics controller w/32MB DDR memory
-Up to 6.5 hrs² total battery time w/primary and high capcity batteries!
-Warranty: 3-year parts and labor, 1-year battery
-2-USB (2.0) ports
-Microphone jack
-Headphone jack
-10/100 Ethernet
-V.92/56K modem