x86_64 laptop recommendations?

[Gene Czarcinski]

On Tuesday 04 January 2005 08:42, John Haxby wrote:
> Gene Czarcinski wrote:
> >I recently (late November) purchased a Compaq R3000z with the 1920x1200
> > screen and am well pleased with it.  For some reason, the Compaq is
> > slightly cheaper than its more or less identical HP equivalent.
> >  
>
> Although the parts list for the R3000 series lists a WUXGA (that's
> 1900x1200 isn't it?) I can't find one on either US or UK HP web sites.  
> Have they stopped producing it does anyone know?  Or is there somewhere
> else I should be looking?

I saw a comment on http://lists.pcxperience.com/mailman/listinfo/linuxr3000/ 
which indicates that HP may have dropped 1920x1200 because of thermal 
problems (high res cause CPU to be at high speed and generating too much 
heat).

While I have not seen any heat problems with my R3000z and running 1920x1200, 
that does not mean that there are no problems.

But, because of this I did ratchet down my display to 1680x1050 and found that 
this is a very reasonable display and does not lose too much compared to 
1920x1200.  Given that these HP/Compaq laptops are one of the few "brand 
name" units available, you might want to give 1680x1050 a try.
-- 
Gene