Time is an illusion

After a little bit of research, I finally decided on what notebook I am going to get.. in the next week or so.

It is a Compaq Presario B1803TU. Here are a couple of pics.

The specs of the laptop in decreasing order of my selection criteria are :

• Weight - 1.85 kgs
• Processor - 2 GHz, Pentium M
• RAM - 512 MB
• Battery - 4 cell Li-ion. 3 hours operation
• Hard Drive - 80 GB
• Connectivity - Intel based wireless, Bluetooth, ethernet etc
• Screen - 12.1″ WXGA with Brightview
• Resolution - 1280 x 800
• Optical Drive - Dual Layer DVD±RW/R
• Graphics - Intel Media Accerator 900 (128 M shared)

I tried searching for reviews to check for compatibility Linux, but the only one I could find was a general product review on zdnet. It appears this is a cheap line of laptops that has been released with Asia as the target market. But oh well, let’s see.

In financial news, the BSE Index crashed below the Rs 7800 mark. And this a good article on Amazon’s slump, speculating if Amazon’s grandoise plans are resulting in a loss of its faithful base - users and consequently investors.