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Picked up an HP dv1410 for myself. (Made by Quanta) I think they're near end-of-life but it's cheap enough I won't be paranoid. This vs. waiting for another good deal on a Dell 700m.
Celeron M 1.6GHz, 512MB, 80GB, wide format 14" WXGA 1280x768, WiFi, FireWire, SVideo out, 8xDVD RW, 6way Card Reader, Remote control hides in PCMCIA slot, lots of player controls, etc. 5.2lbs $799. Looks like a miniature 2000 series with video stuff.
Same XviD encode benchmark
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Dell 700/710m (by Wistron) Pentium M (@1.6)/2:42
HP ze2315 (by Quanta) Sempron 3000 (@1.8)/2:44
Compaq v2405 (by ?) Sempron 3000 (@1.8)/2:48
HP dv1410 (by Quanta) Celeron M 380 (@1.6)/2:56
Toshiba M45-S169 (by ATi & Uli) Celeron M 380 (@1.6)/3:21 (same on two units)
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There are a vast number of people who are uninformed and heavily propagandized, but fundamentally decent. The propaganda that inundates them is effective when unchallenged, but much of it goes only skin deep. If they can be brought to raise questions and apply their decent instincts and basic intelligence, many people quickly escape the confines of the doctrinal system and are willing to do something to help others who are really suffering and oppressed." -Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media, p. 195
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