From owner-freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Sat Apr 2 10:45:32 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 690CEAECE5D for ; Sat, 2 Apr 2016 10:45:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from torfinn.ingolfsen@getmail.no) Received: from bouvier.getmail.no (bouvier.getmail.no [84.210.184.8]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 284491D6D for ; Sat, 2 Apr 2016 10:45:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from torfinn.ingolfsen@getmail.no) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by bouvier.getmail.no (Postfix) with ESMTP id E731A486B2 for ; Sat, 2 Apr 2016 12:45:22 +0200 (CEST) Received: from bouvier.getmail.no ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (bouvier.get.c.bitbit.net [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10032) with ESMTP id Qf2Pe5YS9h-K for ; Sat, 2 Apr 2016 12:45:22 +0200 (CEST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by bouvier.getmail.no (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7574348741 for ; Sat, 2 Apr 2016 12:45:22 +0200 (CEST) DKIM-Filter: OpenDKIM Filter v2.8.4 bouvier.getmail.no 7574348741 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=getmail.no; s=8A9C8B4C-D727-11E2-8095-B6466E6B3FA2; t=1459593922; bh=jWsuKEINPI/huSeSCGD2GjVgLoW28Ho6ndikIORq9Co=; h=Date:From:To:Subject:Message-Id:Mime-Version:Content-Type: Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=4dWcpexaNT0NbZQDKHTCmIlur3fl0dXsfldU41qGYJ8hQvfLlg9OlGdBv3YjdwQfg 3VabKOA2RYWZjNDSYPe5qzWu/z9+5N4BLjASz5kFESCI0CkNGMqIbz0oT0kcCK3I+7 /ysbvyuflkTaTqkH/mCs0w/kQN47XS/vRkrqrum0= X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at bouvier.get.c.bitbit.net Received: from bouvier.getmail.no ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (bouvier.get.c.bitbit.net [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10026) with ESMTP id I4kbHIDEj7rd for ; Sat, 2 Apr 2016 12:45:22 +0200 (CEST) Received: from kg-core1.kg4.no (cm-84.215.226.9.getinternet.no [84.215.226.9]) by bouvier.getmail.no (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 4419C486B2 for ; Sat, 2 Apr 2016 12:45:22 +0200 (CEST) Date: Sat, 2 Apr 2016 12:45:15 +0200 From: Torfinn Ingolfsen To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Recommended laptop for FreeBSD 10.2 Xfce workstation? Message-Id: <20160402124515.298a6c3a8da16cd571daf1b6@getmail.no> In-Reply-To: <56FF3465.7090804@holgerdanske.com> References: <56F6290E.10500@holgerdanske.com> <20160331142243.6e81d13b04bb549362a1fea2@getmail.no> <56FF3465.7090804@holgerdanske.com> X-Mailer: Sylpheed 3.5.0 (GTK+ 2.24.29; amd64-portbld-freebsd9.3) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 02 Apr 2016 10:45:32 -0000 On Fri, 1 Apr 2016 19:54:29 -0700 David Christensen wrote: > On 03/31/2016 05:22 AM, Torfinn Ingolfsen wrote: > > 4. Why do you want to have an optical drive built into your laptop? Do you use optical media that often? For me, I use optical media rarely these days, so a usb connected optical reader / burner is enough. > > a. So I can boot from disc -- for installation and running live discs. For me, this is writing an image to a usb stick and running / installing from that. It has been for several years now. These days, I is very rarely encounter machines that can't boot from usb. YMMV. > b. So I can burn discs -- music to CD, video to DVD/ BD, data to > whatever size makes sense. > > c. So I can read discs. For me, these activities happen seldom enough that an external writer with usb connection is good enough. Again, YMMV. -- Torfinn Ingolfsen