Minimalist laptop

[david at thekramers.net (David Kramer)]

Doug wrote:
>> Based on this description, I would assume that would be the media playing. What sort of
>> media files are they?  Depending on the codec and bitrate, media playing
>> can be rather intensive and may cause you to need a faster system with
>> more memory.
> 
> I'd be playing DVDs, mpeg2 files (640x480 at 30 fps) using either xine
> of mplayer.  That would be unkool if the player halted from time to
> time.

That's a bit of a different story.  You're not going to get by with a 
really slow machine trying to play mpegs.  I wouldn't try it on less 
than 1Ghz, or close to it.


Can you copy the contents to the hard drive, which would help a little?