From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 2 09:19:42 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4BFE216A4CF for ; Fri, 2 Jan 2004 09:19:42 -0800 (PST) Received: from moutng.kundenserver.de (moutng.kundenserver.de [212.227.126.185]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 53D3D43D55 for ; Fri, 2 Jan 2004 09:19:18 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from Stefan.Esser@se-it-security.de) Received: from [212.227.126.209] (helo=mrelayng8.kundenserver.de) by moutng.kundenserver.de with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1) id 1AcSx9-0001hy-00; Fri, 02 Jan 2004 18:19:15 +0100 Received: from [80.132.237.122] (helo=Gatekeeper.FreeBSD.org) by mrelayng8.kundenserver.de with asmtp (Exim 3.35 #1) id 1AcSx9-0002rl-00; Fri, 02 Jan 2004 18:19:15 +0100 Received: by Gatekeeper.FreeBSD.org (Postfix, from userid 10000) id 73D516051; Fri, 2 Jan 2004 18:35:57 +0100 (CET) Received: from StefanEsser.FreeBSD.org (StefanEsser [192.168.0.10]) by Gatekeeper.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C04D05F1A; Fri, 2 Jan 2004 18:02:03 +0100 (CET) Received: by StefanEsser.FreeBSD.org (Postfix, from userid 200) id E36EA2303; Fri, 2 Jan 2004 18:02:02 +0100 (CET) Date: Fri, 2 Jan 2004 18:02:02 +0100 From: Stefan =?iso-8859-1?Q?E=DFer?= To: Malcolm Kay Message-ID: <20040102170202.GA11022@StefanEsser.FreeBSD.org> References: <200401021727.43046.malcolm.kay@internode.on.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200401021727.43046.malcolm.kay@internode.on.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.5.1i X-Provags-ID: kundenserver.de abuse@kundenserver.de auth:fa3fae9b6ca38d745862a668565919f6 cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Medium to High end notebook/laptop suitable for FBSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 02 Jan 2004 17:19:42 -0000 On 2004-01-02 17:27 +1030, Malcolm Kay wrote: > Reasonably quick -- in the 2Ghz to 3 Ghz range I'd rather get a Centrino based machine: The 1.4GHz chip is about as fast as a 2GHz P4, the 1.6GHz Centrino beats a P4 at 2.4GHz in most tests, when running on AC power. Things only get worse (for the P4) when running on battery ... Regards, STefan