Slinky Little Crusoe Notebook Reviewed

does it really matter? writes "Apparently the love-in is finally on for the guys at TransmetaZone.com since they finally have a review of a Crusoe notebook to show for themselves. The silver NEC UltraLite gets a good going over, and proves to be an interesting match against a PIII-M." I'm glad to see that the promise of transmeta is finally beginning to start being fulfilled.

Comments

Linux on this machine

[John Langford]

I've installed linux on the "Lavie" which seems
to just be a different name for the same machine. I posted some comments and details at:

http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~jcl/linux/lavie/nec_lavie.h tml

Re:Impartiality

[Brento]

Oh, yes, that's a 'real impartial review'... it reads more like some oil-haired watchdripping toothshiner trying to sell you a car.

You're totally right. They completely gloss over the fact that this thing uses dongles for the VGA port and for the ethernet port. In a laptop that's aimed at the frequent traveler, carrying around not just one but two dongles is completely unacceptable. There's plenty of space on that thing for the full-sized ports, and that alone would score huge negative points in any review done by experienced laptop users.

Re:a word on the iBook:

[Anonymous Coward]

Audio out: headphone jack
Power Supply: external, like almost every other laptop

And the laptop with the clear panel was the Powerbook 1400. The eMate was the near-indestructible green Newton-based laptop that some think was the inspiration for the original iBook.