From owner-freebsd-mobile Wed Apr 17 09:48:44 1996 Return-Path: owner-mobile Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id JAA18996 for mobile-outgoing; Wed, 17 Apr 1996 09:48:44 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ns0.netcraft.co.uk (ns0.netcraft.co.uk [194.72.238.4]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id JAA18991 for ; Wed, 17 Apr 1996 09:48:41 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from news@localhost) by ns0.netcraft.co.uk (8.7.5/8.6.9) id RAA18560; Wed, 17 Apr 1996 17:48:06 +0100 (BST) To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Path: ns0.netcraft.co.uk!jez From: jez@netcraft.co.uk (Jeremy Prior) Newsgroups: netcraft.freebsd-mobile Subject: Recommendations sought for Portable Date: 17 Apr 96 16:37:33 GMT Organization: Netcraft Ltd. Lines: 27 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: news.netcraft.co.uk Summary: Suggestions welcome Keywords: FreeBSD + Laptop Portable = ? X-Newsreader: NN version 6.5.0 #1 (NOV) Sender: owner-mobile@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk [Is it my imagination or is this mailing list awfully quiet? :-] All, I have a need to buy a laptop specifically for running FreeBSD (preferably -stable). I'm not *too* worried about screen resolution or cost, but it will need to be able to support lots of memory, and fast / capacious disk(s). It will also need a 10base2+T ethernet adapter capable of promiscuous packet capture (no prizes for guessing what this is going to be used for :-). So, does anyone have any suggestions? I'd like Manufacturer/Model nos rather than chipsets, as the latter is difficult to ascertain in the UK (at least the magazines that I've looked at don't mention them). I'll also take negative recommendations/war stories, and summarise any messages that get sent to me personally. Thanks in advance, jez -- Jeremy Prior Netcraft, Rockfield House, Granville Road, Bath, BA1 9BQ, England Tel: +44-1225-447500 Fax: +44-1225-448600 -- o //> > //__/<_ /_/