/prog/ - Cheap fast trustable laptop computer

Name: Anonymous 2012-05-06 23:53

It's that time of the month, folks. I feel like buying a replacement laptop, yet x86-grade power consumption and non-free BIOSes are quite a turn-down. Are there any cheap (under 600$), fast (comparable to, say, an Intel T3400), trustable (no binary blobs) laptop (screen size between 12 and 17 inches) computers out there? Availability of 6-cell battery also a requirement.

Probably not.

Name: Anonymous 2012-05-07 0:14

Buy a Lemote Yeelong.

Name: Anonymous 2012-05-07 0:15

>>2
Not very fast, screen size below 12 inch, battery only available in 3-cell format (netbooks are supposed to last very long on battery power), and fairly expensive for a netbook.

Name: Anonymous 2012-05-07 0:16

Non-free BIOS on any general purpose computer are the exception, not the standard. The Lemote Yeelong would be one of the two famous free bios computers (the other being the XO)

Name: Anonymous 2012-05-07 1:35

>>4
XO
Not very fast, screen size much below 12 inch.

Name: Cudder !MhMRSATORI!FBeUS42x4uM+kgp 2012-05-07 4:28

>>4
Thinkpad X60s with Coreboot.

Name: Anonymous 2012-05-07 6:20

>>6
Very interesting. And cheap! And long battery life!

Name: Anonymous 2012-05-07 7:05

X series considered harmful.

Name: Anonymous 2012-05-07 8:19

>>6
Really? That interests me greatly! My next notebook will be a Thinkpad x60!

Name: Anonymous 2012-05-07 11:08

>>9
X60
It has to be an X60s. I don't know to what extent coreboot is supposed on other variations.

Name: Anonymous 2012-05-07 13:10

czech um

Name: Anonymous 2012-05-08 0:37

>>11
nice ones

Name: Anonymous 2012-05-08 16:19

Hey, nice ass!

Name: The Sussman 2012-05-08 21:42

>>13
Hey, that's my face!

Name: Anonymous 2012-05-08 23:37

>>14
Sussman-kun-sama, can I put my penis on it?

Name: Anonymous 2012-05-08 23:44

If the Sussman gives you head, does it count as fellatio or anal?

Name: Anonymous 2012-05-09 4:56

>>16
Depends which head it is.

Name: Anonymous 2012-05-09 5:03

>>16
Sussman gives car, not head!

Name: Anonymous 2012-05-09 5:28

>>18
You mean cdr.

Name: Anonymous 2012-05-09 6:10

>>19
Sure, if you want to chop your head off then give somebody your body!

Name: bampu pantsu 2012-05-29 4:48

bampu pantsu

Name: Anonymous 2012-08-30 22:26

So, should I get an X60s or wait for the Yeeloong-8133 to be out? Are there any new players on the field? Are there any cool cheap Android tablets with no substantial non-free firmware (the tiny routine that copies the boot image from Flash to RAM and runs it doesn't count)?

Name: Anonymous 2012-08-30 22:38

I'd get the X60 because it's available today then the Yeelong 8133 when it comes out.

Name: Anonymous 2012-08-30 22:55

                                                           '

>2012

>being poor

>buying anything but a Macbook Pro

SHIGGITYDIGGITYDOO

Name: Anonymous 2012-08-30 22:58

>>24
Apple
No.

Name: Anonymous 2012-08-30 23:00

>>24
Does it have open source firmware?

Name: Anonymous 2012-08-30 23:01

>>26
It has iLife.

Name: Anonymous 2012-08-30 23:05

>>27
I don't care.

Name: Anonymous 2012-08-30 23:46

>>28
iCare.

Name: Anonymous 2012-08-30 23:50

>>22
Are there any cool cheap Android tablets with no substantial non-free firmware
What do you call an Android tablet with FOSS firmware?
A brick.

Name: Anonymous 2012-08-31 4:22

>>30
Terrible!

Name: Anonymous 2012-08-31 4:49

>>31
Yeah I concur. The FOSS firmware generally is.

Name: Anonymous 2012-08-31 10:38

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Name: Anonymous 2012-08-31 18:13

>>32
At least I can write my own in lieu; if it's a locked-down piece of shit, I'm utterly doomed.

Name: Anonymous 2012-08-31 18:24

What about this [ http://www.ebay.ca/itm/1G-Mini2440-S3C2440-ARM9-Board-support-Windows-CE-5-and-6-Linux-2-6-Android-/280930036471?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4168bc2af7 ]? Does it look like I can run it with FOSS firmware only?

Name: Anonymous 2012-08-31 18:41

"It's that time of the month, folks."
I DON'T WANT TO KNOW WHEN YOU MENSTRUATE

Name: Anonymous 2012-08-31 21:07

Why do /prog/rider ``faggots'' always talk about laptops and other prebuilts? Desktops are modular and cheaper for the same performance, not to mention they're easier to fix, upgrade, etc. Also, the cooling is much better. Discrete laptop HSFs are terrible!

Name: Anonymous 2012-08-31 21:24

>>36
menstruate my anus

Name: Anonymous 2012-08-31 22:27

>>38
PROPERLY FORMAT MY ANUS

Name: Anonymous 2012-08-31 22:42

Why do you care about a ``free'' BIOS? What about the freedom to have a BIOS not maintained by amateurs?

Cheap fast trustable laptop computer

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6 Name: Cudder !MhMRSATORI!FBeUS42x4uM+kgp 2012-05-07 4:28

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