Date: 06 Dec 2001 17:41:13 EST From: "Mark Sergeant" <msergeant@snsonline.net> To: <nathan@corp.wac.com>, "Alfred Perlstein" <bright@mu.org> Cc: <freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: notebook/laptop Message-ID: <200112062241.fB6MfFH00553@xyzzy.intranet.snsonline.net> In-Reply-To: <003101c17e95$8300f730$f5c8a8c0@NATHAN> References: <002301c17e92$26f8d050$f5c8a8c0@NATHAN> <20011206141034.Z92148@elvis.mu.org> <003101c17e95$8300f730$f5c8a8c0@NATHAN>
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If you are looking in that league i'd also recommend looking at toshiba's as well, everything but my modem works on my portege 4000 with DVD/CD-RW burns @ 8x as well ! On Thu, 6 Dec 2001 12:35:15 -0800, <nathan@corp.wac.com> said: > > Alfred, > > thanks for the info. i've talked to several people about this same topic > and they've all said dell as well. > they're not too bad on the affordable side either. that might be something > i'll go for. i was also thinking on > the higher end pricing maybe a vaio or fujitsu lifebook? but i've not found > anything to say yes or no on the > support of those two? any ideas? > > nathan@corp.wac.com > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Alfred Perlstein" <bright@mu.org> > To: <nathan@corp.wac.com> > Cc: <freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org> > Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2001 12:10 PM > Subject: Re: notebook/laptop > > > > * nathan@corp.wac.com <nathan@corp.wac.com> [011206 14:09] wrote: > > > > > > freebsd-mobile, > > > > > > hi everyone, im about to purchase a laptop and would like to know if > > > anyone has any links, input, or > > > ideas of what to get. i've seen a couple of websites with some reviews > and > > > have read up one the PAO site > > > for release info and supported hardware. but im still hanging on the > > > question "what is the best for the money, and > > > what will give me less hassle for the money?". if you have any ideas or > > > information for me to research on that'd > > > be great. thanks for the information/help in advance! > > > > Every Dell that I've gotten my hands on has "just worked", X and all, > > however you may want to search the archives because I have seen some > > reports of problems with X for some people. > > > > -- > > -Alfred Perlstein [alfred@freebsd.org] > > 'Instead of asking why a piece of software is using "1970s technology," > > start asking why software is ignoring 30 years of accumulated wisdom.' > > http://www.morons.org/rants/gpl-harmful.php3 > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message > > > -- Mark Sergeant | url: http://www.snsonline.net/ Unix Systems Administrator | email: msergeant@snsonline.net disclaimer: http://www.snsonline.net/disclaimer/ | mobile: +61 4 1271 42631 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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