[KLUG Hardware] Toshiba 1135-S155 Was "HP ze4220"

[Bruce Smith]

> >>So you may be meeting a 1415-S173 on Tuesday.
> >>I'll just have to work out a solution for the lack of a serial port.
> >Please keep me posted on your serial port solution!
> >I'm going to return the Dell work bought for me because I don't like the
> >14" screen (coming from a 15"), and the heat it produces is so hot I can
> >feel it coming up through the keyboard as I type.
> 
> Yeah, the 15"in screen is just like a standard 17in monitor,  couldn't
> see living with anything smaller.

I didn't think a 14" would make that much difference.  
Boy was I wrong!  I'll never make that mistake again.

> >Although I may end up with a 1415-S173 myself too.  Not sure yet . . .
> 
> I couldn't fint a -S145 which was listed for really cheap several
> places.
> 
> I just arrived home with a 1135-S155, it is installing RH9 now.  No
> problems so far.

Please keep me posted on how it runs with RH9.  I still need 
to buy something to replace the Dell that's going back.

> The only difference I could see between the 1135-S155 and the 1415-S173
> was that the -S173 sported an internal wireless NIC.  Since no one could
> tell me anything about the NIC I figured I'd buy an Orinoco on E-bay for
> $50 and not spend the extra ~$150 for something I didn't know if it
> would work or not.
> 
> The 1135-S155 specs out like -
> 2.0 Ghz Celery
> 40MB ATAPI HDD
> 512Mb of DDR SDRAM

Nice!

> 15" TFT XGA display

What chipset?  Nvidia, ...?

> CDC/CD-RW combo

What's a "CDC"?  You mean "DVD/"?

> Integrated 10/100Mbps ethernet

Intel Chipset?

> No floppy and no serial port,  but it does have TV out with is reported
> by google to actually work with Linux.

Cool.  I've used USB floppies under Linux, if you ever need one.

> Since the DVD/CD-RW is fixed it can't be swapped out for a second
> battery.

No biggie, for me.

Maybe I'll pick up one of those puppies for myself . . .

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Bruce Smith                bruce@armintl.com
System Administrator / Network Administrator
Armstrong International, Inc.
Three Rivers, Michigan  49093  USA
http://www.armstrong-intl.com/
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