Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2000 14:12:12 -0600 (CST) From: John Sconiers <jrs@enteract.com> To: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Michael Lucas <mwlucas@blackhelicopters.org>, mobile@FreeBSD.org Subject: RE: laptop recommendations Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.3.96.1001110140931.41106B-100000@shell-3.enteract.com> In-Reply-To: <XFMail.001110115245.jhb@FreeBSD.org>
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M-tech sales an Dell Inspiron-like (An Inspiron has a dell badge this one doesn't) laptop with more options and even the choice of adding an OS for less. www.discountpcsales.com On Fri, 10 Nov 2000, John Baldwin wrote: > > > On 10-Nov-00 Michael Lucas wrote: > > I'm shocked. My new boss has approved about $3k for a UNIX laptop for > > me. I've never spent that much money on a personal PC in my life. > > > > So, any recommendations? I need the ability to use 256meg of RAM and > > X-windows. > > Depends on what you want. If you want something real light and portable, the > various VAIO's I have seen are nice. If you want a big honkin' screen like I > do, then I recommend the Dell Inspiron 5000e with the 1600x1200 screen. If you > don't get the DVD ROM drive and you get the 5 gig hard drive with 128 MB of ram > I believe it is about ~$2800 US. That gives you some room to play with to get > 256 MB of ram at least, and if you can put in a little of your own you can get > a nicer-sized hard drive, etc. The sound works fine in both -stable and > -current. X works, but you can't use 4.0.1 on it, you have to cvsup the X > sources and use an X-current server. :-P I haven't tried X 3.3.6, though it > seems to have a ATI rage 128 driver, so it might work as well. One known > problem is that apm support won't work under FreeBSD because of a bug in the > BIOS. :-( pccard and USB work fine though. The real win is the screen though. > :) > > > Thanks, > > Michael > > -- > > John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> -- http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ > PGP Key: http://www.baldwin.cx/~john/pgpkey.asc > "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/ > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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