<p>490 GB for CentOS??</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Mar 29, 2012 3:08 PM, "Edward Dunagin" <<a href="mailto:edunagin@gmail.com">edunagin@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
On 3/29/12, Joshua Kramer <<a href="mailto:joskra42.list@gmail.com">joskra42.list@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> I recently nuked the second of three USB ports on my netbook by plugging<br>
> something in at an odd angle. Seeing that I was woefully under-equipped<br>
> equipment wise, and fearing that a USB catastrophe would nuke the one<br>
> remaining good port, I set out looking for a new notebook.<br>
><br>
> MicroCenter had a Lenovo Ideapad, an i5 with 4G of RAM and 500G disk, that<br>
> I was interested in. Unfortunately, upon booting the CentOS 6.2 live DVD,<br>
> I noted that wireless and bluetooth did not work out of the box. With a<br>
> price range on the lower end of the scale, I set out to find a notebook<br>
> that did work.<br>
><br>
> An HP Pavillion dm4 caught my eye. It's a dual core i3 with 4G of RAM and<br>
> 640G of 5,400 RPM disk. The display is an Intel 3000 chipset, and the<br>
> resolution is 1366x768. You won't be playing Skyrim on this machine, but I<br>
> wasn't looking to spend a lot of money, either. It is a refurbished unit<br>
> with a 90 day warranty, but a 2-year extended warranty is available for<br>
> $99. It is relatively lightweight, just on the heavy side of<br>
> "ultraportable".<br>
><br>
> After verifying that CentOS worked with it, I added another 4G of RAM and<br>
> walked out the door for a hair over $512 (not including extended warranty).<br>
><br>
> After creating recovery media (it has Windows 7 Home Premium installed) I<br>
> wiped it and first installed CentOS 6.2, leaving about 150G free. I then<br>
> installed the Ubuntu-based DreamStudio in a dual-boot configuration.<br>
><br>
> DreamStudio boots up lightning-quick - less than 20 seconds - but when it<br>
> reaches the login screen, the backlight is out. I have to manually adjust<br>
> the backlight at that time. I haven't had the chance to try any of the<br>
> multimedia apps (I installed it to do some light video editing) so there<br>
> isn't much to report here.<br>
><br>
> C6 boots up a bit more slowly... but at least I can see the login screen!<br>
> :) For the gigabit ethernet, I had to install an EPEL-based driver [1].<br>
> The touchpad is sensitive, so if my hand brushes against it while typing,<br>
<br>
You can dump the touchpad with: modprobe -r psmouse.<br>
<br>
<br>
> the cursor jumps around. And, even when I connect it to a TV with<br>
> 1920x1080 resolution, it under-drives the TV at 1366x768. Aside from those<br>
> quirks, I am pleased with the performance of this machine, given that it's<br>
> only an i3. Linux-based KVM virtual guests are also snappy; Windows, not<br>
> so much, but I haven't yet had a chance to install the KVM guest drivers.<br>
><br>
> You can find this laptop elsewhere, but so far, MicroCenter has the least<br>
> expensive price.<br>
><br>
> <a href="http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0380343" target="_blank">http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0380343</a><br>
><br>
> [1]: kmod-atl1e-1.0.1.14-1.el6.elrepo.x86_64.rpm<br>
><br>
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