small laptops

11-10-2001

anyone know of any nice small low power consumption
laptops. something cheap! i just need a pcmcia slot
and whatever for a screen.

11-10-2001

You can try uBid to find a cheap laptop for stumbling. I bought a Dell p233 96mb 3.2gig 12.1 TFT etc. for US $239. There are others for even less than that. One thing though... assume you will have to buy a new battery for them. Most will be dead or will have very short run times. If that is not a problem, you can find some good deals.

11-12-2001

Ok I know this isnt cheap! but the Sony Vaio C1 series are perfect. I've been using one for a while and are great for stumbling.

11-12-2001

the vaio c1 is the right size, but im not leaving 2k
of computer in a bucket with a car battery for any
length of time.

11-12-2001

A related question: Any recommendations on the smallest/cheapest/slowest/oldest laptop that will reliably run Netstumbler? I use 'dstumbler' (under FreeBSD) on an ancient Toshiba 4700, these go for under $100 on eBay.

I've tried NetStumbler on a 5-year-old Compaq mini-laptop with 4Mb of RAM running Windows 95, but I'm stuck at a couple of errors related to MFC42.dll:

http://www.netstumbler.com/vb/showthread.php?threadid=302

In the case of 'dstumbler', I run the software and also do my customization (edit/compile/test) on an old 486DX2/50 laptop running FreeBSD. Neat to be able to fine-tune my netstumbling software by parking the car on the side of the road to compile and test changes to the source code.

Appropriately, this T4700CT latop was originally deployed as a 'Network General' sniffer station...

11-12-2001

Has anyone had a chance to try one of the older Libretto's? They are pretty small and getting cheaper all of the time as the newest ones are being updated. I was hoping to find someone who had playtested this first before buying something that might or might not fit the needs. :-)

John K.

11-12-2001

i just got to fugitsu stylists, a 1000 and 1200
ill be tring them out with netstumbler soon.

11-21-2001

In terms of size, it's gotta be a PocketPC

11-10-2001	#1 (permalink)
Posts: n/a	small laptops anyone know of any nice small low power consumption laptops. something cheap! i just need a pcmcia slot and whatever for a screen.

11-10-2001	#2 (permalink)
Posts: n/a	cheep cheep You can try uBid to find a cheap laptop for stumbling. I bought a Dell p233 96mb 3.2gig 12.1 TFT etc. for US $239. There are others for even less than that. One thing though... assume you will have to buy a new battery for them. Most will be dead or will have very short run times. If that is not a problem, you can find some good deals.

11-12-2001	#5 (permalink)
Posts: n/a	Minimal laptop for NS? A related question: Any recommendations on the smallest/cheapest/slowest/oldest laptop that will reliably run Netstumbler? I use 'dstumbler' (under FreeBSD) on an ancient Toshiba 4700, these go for under $100 on eBay. I've tried NetStumbler on a 5-year-old Compaq mini-laptop with 4Mb of RAM running Windows 95, but I'm stuck at a couple of errors related to MFC42.dll: http://www.netstumbler.com/vb/showthread.php?threadid=302 In the case of 'dstumbler', I run the software and also do my customization (edit/compile/test) on an old 486DX2/50 laptop running FreeBSD. Neat to be able to fine-tune my netstumbling software by parking the car on the side of the road to compile and test changes to the source code. Appropriately, this T4700CT latop was originally deployed as a 'Network General' sniffer station...

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11-12-2001	#3 (permalink)
Posts: n/a	Ok I know this isnt cheap! but the Sony Vaio C1 series are perfect. I've been using one for a while and are great for stumbling.

11-12-2001	#4 (permalink)
Posts: n/a	the vaio c1 is the right size, but im not leaving 2k of computer in a bucket with a car battery for any length of time.

11-12-2001	#6 (permalink)
Posts: n/a	Has anyone had a chance to try one of the older Libretto's? They are pretty small and getting cheaper all of the time as the newest ones are being updated. I was hoping to find someone who had playtested this first before buying something that might or might not fit the needs. :-) John K.

11-12-2001	#7 (permalink)
Posts: n/a	i just got to fugitsu stylists, a 1000 and 1200 ill be tring them out with netstumbler soon.

11-21-2001	#8 (permalink)
Posts: n/a	In terms of size, it's gotta be a PocketPC