Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:00:22 -0800 From: Edwin Culp <eculp@EnContacto.Net> To: David Kelly <dkelly@hiwaay.net> Cc: freebsd-mobile <freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Recommendations for a laptop Message-ID: <980744422.3a74f8e614f7a@Mail.MexComUSA.net> In-Reply-To: <200101290231.f0T2VdG29688@grumpy.dyndns.org> References: <200101290231.f0T2VdG29688@grumpy.dyndns.org>
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Quoting David Kelly <dkelly@hiwaay.net>: > Edwin Culp writes: > > Quoting David Kelly <dkelly@grumpy.dyndns.org>: > > > > > Kailesh Mussai writes: > > > > Hello to all, > > > > I am interested in buying a laptop,so tht I can freeBSd on it but > I > > > > am having a bit of difficulty in choosing one.Could anyone help me on > > > this. > > > > > > Gave a lot of consideration to that very question myself earlier this > > > month. So now I'm waiting on delivery of an Apple Powerbook G4, which I > > > > expect to run MacOS X on. > > > > > > With MacOS X I expect to have all the advantages of FreeBSD plus all > > > the advantages of a major commercial consumer OS. At least that is the > > > hope. > > David, > > > > I would be very interested in hearing your comments. I had the same dream > and I > > tried the beta, but it wasn't what I had hoped for. Many Apple programs > and > > drivers wouldn't work then, but should in March when it is officially > released. > > > > I would really like to know if you are happy with it and which lists you > find > > that have information on ported open source applications, etc. > > I played around with MacOS X PB on a G4 tower for about 30 minutes and > was not disappointed. But also knew I had not gone far enough with it > to know what it will really be like to live with. > > The one thing that tripped me was when I wanted multiple instances of > the Terminal. Didn't figure that one out as the Mac Thing To Do on > double-click is to present the one that is already open. But that was > not what I wanted as I wanted a second. > > Ship date on my Titanium Powerbook G4 is said to be Feb 5. Sounds good. It seems to be a great laptop. Be sure and let me know what you think. Thanks, ed > > > -- > David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@hiwaay.net > ===================================================================== > The human mind ordinarily operates at only ten percent of its > capacity -- the rest is overhead for the operating system. > > > -- EnContacto.Net - InternetSalon.Org - CafeMania.Net -- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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