Minimalist laptop

[Doug]

> 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.

doug