07/08 Laptop Announced

[slackwarelinux]

<p>I have been monitoring the Rose-Hulman admissions message board, and the 07/08 laptop was just announced yesterday. It likely won't have Vista, which I think is a good thing. It also is mostly Linux compatible, which is a good thing. Below are the laptop's specs:</p>

<p>NW8440 – 15.4” OpenGL Mobile Workstation
Intel Core 2 Duo Processor, T7600 (2.33 GHZ), 4MB L2 Cache, 667Mhz FSB
2GB Ram on 1Dimm, 667Mhz DDR2memory
15.4" Wide Screen Display, WUXGA (1920<em>1200</em>16M colors) WVA (Wide Viewing Angle) With Ambient Light sensor
ATI V5200 256MB Discrete Graphics
Intel 802.11 a/b/g, Blue Tooth 2.0
100 GB 7200 RPM HD
DVD +/-RW SM DL,
8 Cell 68W battery,
56K V.92 Modem
4 year warranty
Hardware accelerated OpenGL Support
5.95 lbs
1. HP 4yr ADP Pickup return notebook warranty uplift
2. 2GB USB Memory Stick</p>

<p>(taken from <a href="http://www.rose-hulman.edu/admissions/forum/viewtopic.php?t=356%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.rose-hulman.edu/admissions/forum/viewtopic.php?t=356&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p>

<p>In other news, I am pretty much set on Rose-Hulman, and I am planning on going there.</p>

[gobeavs]

<p>It's a nice laptop they have selected. I could have done with a better graphics card, but even still it is an excellent machine.</p>

<p>Glad to hear that you are going to Rose, slack....I've pretty much decided I will be attending also.</p>

<p>By your username, I assume you use slackware linux? Good choice of OS :-D. The ATI graphics card in that laptop puts a slight roadblock in linux plans, but I'll deal with it.</p>

[nic767]

<p>Glad to hear it. There's a Class of 2011 group set up on facebook.</p>