Need a cheap laptop

[soccerballtux]

Nvidia would also be great, so I can have my Linux acceleration.

I'd really like a 4 hour battery life, so I guess that means Pentium M. I guess that would also mean a lot of RAM? I've got plenty of hdd space on my desktop, so I don't need laptop space.

Price limit would be about $800, $850 with a GB of RAM and non-crappy processor.

Does anyone know the effect of the number of cells and watt hours on battery life? I'm guessing cells means voltage, watt hours, how much actual energy is stored? Thanks a ton.

 

[Carnage4]

Wrong forum. Try posting this in For Sale/Trade, unless you're looking for advice on new laptops.

 

[imported_Zeke]

Originally posted by: Carnage4
Wrong forum. Try posting this in For Sale/Trade, unless you're looking for advice on new laptops.

uhhh.....no.

 

[erwos]

See the laptop in my sig. ATI drivers are still broken on it when using the dedicated RAM, but work fine in UMA mode. Doesn't have four hour battery life (you're not going to get that with a $800 laptop, though).

Cells translates to power. More cells, more power, more battery life.

-Erwos

 

[Zap]

Few notebooks have four hour battery life unless it has a high capacity battery and all the power saving features are running (i.e. CPU is at 800MHz instead of full speed). That's like asking for a car that gets 40MPG with 300HP and 5 second 0-60 for $12,000.

 

[deathwalker]

Real life battery life of 4 hrs is almost a dream. Intel Centrino base laptops have about the best life. Many of them out there but most not around $800.