[Eug-lug] ASL Laptop now longer supported or developed - I would also like Laptop advice

[Harald Sundt]

ASL Laptop now longer supported or developed - I would also like Laptop 
advice

I want something same or better!

Hal



ASL Wrote me:

Hi Harald,

Thank you for the information on OpenOffice.

 > >Hal Sundt / Happy with the Laptop you sold me.... even if you dropped
 > >my cpu. PS (I am still curious as to why.)

We dropped the Linux laptops due to poor support for the suspend mode.
That functionality never works consistently or reliably when using the
Nvidia binary driver.

With desktop models, we can pick and choose Linux friendly hardware
components. With laptops, there is no choice. As a result, the laptops
that we offered never have the full functionality under Linux. We just
don't think that is fair for our customers.

Jeff



I owned:

Excalibur LT600 Specifications.


Dimension & Weight:
14" (W) x 10.8" (D) x 1.4" (H) weighing 6.6 lbs with battery

LCD Display Panel:
15.4" Widescreen Active Matrix TFT LCD Display Panel, 1680x10501 WSXGA 
resolution
Ambient Light Sensor (ALS) technology to extend battery life

CPU:
Intel® Pentium® M (Banias core) processor with Speedstep®, 533mhz Front 
Side Bus, 2M full speed L2 cache, Socket 479, .09 micron

Chipset:
Intel 915PM Express chipset and ICH6-M Southbridge

Memory Subsystem:
2 SODIMM banks supporting up to 2GB of unbuffered DDR2-533 SDRAM, 64-bit 
or 128-bit memory access

Note: 128-bit mode requires two memory modules.

Graphic Subsystem:
Integrated Nvidia 6600 Go (NV43) PCI-Express with 128MB DDR

Hard Disk Subsystem:
Hitachi Travelstar 7KE60 60GB Ultra ATA/100 drive, 7200RPM, 8MB cache, 
9.5mm high

CD-ROM Subsystem:
Combo DVD-ROM optical reader and CDR/RW writer (8X DVD-ROM, 24X CDR, 24X 
CDRW, 24X CDROM)
Optional DVD+-RW optical reader/writer (2.4X DVD+R DL, 8X DVD-R, 4X 
DVD-RW, 8X DVD+R, 4X DVD+RW, 8X DVD-ROM, 24X CDR, 10X CDRW, 24X CDROM)

Note: Due to the licensing conflict, Linux does not have a legal mean to 
decrypt CSS (Content Scrambling System) content. Thus DVD movies 
playback is not supported under Linux.

Note: If the optical drive is removed, a 2nd battery pack (not included) 
or a 2nd hard disk (Drive Housing Kit not included) can be added.

Sound Subsystem:
Integrated Intel HD audio, Azalia chip

Network & Modem Subsystem:
Integrated Intel Gigabit Ethernet controller
Optional Intel Pro/Wireless 802.11abg/bg Wi-Fi Mini PCI module
Integrated V.92 56K Winmodem2

System I/O:
One (1) MMC/SD/MS/MS Pro card reader2
One (1) Type II PCMCIA slot
One (1) RJ-45 Ethernet port
One (1) RJ-11 modem port
Five (5) USB 2.0 ports
One (1) IEEE 1394B Firewire port
One (1) External DB-15 VGA port
One (1) S-Video composite TV Out2
One (1) Speaker Out port
One (1) Microphone port

Floppy Drive:
None

Mouse:
Synaptics TouchPad with 2 click buttons

Keyboard:
Full-size 88-keys with 5 instant launch2 keys

Preinstalled Software:
Red Hat Fedora Core 53 with ASL optimized kernel
Note: Red Hat has announced major changes to the boxed product. Please read!

Important Note: Suspend to Disk and Suspend to RAM are no longer 
supported in the BIOS. These features are now controlled by the 
operating system. Even though STD and STR are supported under Linux, 
they do not work reliably, especially when running with a binary display 
driver. To avoid loss of data and work, STD and STR are disabled at the 
factory. Until the kernel has a stable implementation, these features 
are not recommended or supported by ASL.

Battery Pack:
Li-Ion 8 cells, 65WH Li Ion Battery (14.8V, 4400mAh), 19V DC, 3.42A, 65W 
AC Adapter
2.5 hours Quick Charge (Power Off) or 4 hours (Power On)

Manual:
PDF documentation.