Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2005 14:36:53 -0800 From: Gary Kline <kline@tao.thought.org> To: "Greg 'groggy' Lehey" <grog@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Gary Kline <kline@tao.thought.org>, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.org, Bartosz Fabianowski <freebsd@chillt.de> Subject: Re: Laptop choices Message-ID: <20051123223653.GA19327@thought.org> In-Reply-To: <20051123200505.GF908@eucla.lemis.com> References: <4383C20E.20509@shaw.ca> <200511231238.06590.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> <20051123105730.GA29369@laverenz.de> <20051123185909.GA17696@thought.org> <4384C0AB.103@chillt.de> <20051123194217.GC17696@thought.org> <20051123200505.GF908@eucla.lemis.com>
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On Wed, Nov 23, 2005 at 09:05:05PM +0100, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote: > On Wednesday, 23 November 2005 at 11:42:17 -0800, Gary Kline wrote: > > On Wed, Nov 23, 2005 at 08:19:07PM +0100, Bartosz Fabianowski wrote: > >>> Or, can the touch pads be disabled in the bios? > >> > >> I have a Dell Inspiron 8600C, which only has a touch pad. ... > >> > >> Of course, this is not a Thinkpad clone, but it is a very good laptop > >> nonetheless (especially the awesome 15.4" 1920x1200 screen). > > > > That is *outsanding* resolution!!! I'm looking at some real > > good deals on ebay ... think I'll check the Thinkpads. See > > if they've come down. Like to find another one without XBill's > > stuff. > > This is one of the reasons I use Dell (the other is that I prefer them > to ThinkPads, the only other machines that support this resolution). > My machine has the 1920x1200 screen. It's so much better than the > standard 1024x768 that you have to see it to understand. > I wish some EE and ME would design a mouse-pad with a slight tilt to steer the mouse; I think that would be a great improvment on the current scratch mousepad. Similarly with Thinkpad's tiny joystick. I've tried my wife's Dell l'top.... Agree that the Thinkpad's screen res is drawback; the 1920x1200 is a ++major. gary -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org www.thought.org Public service Unix
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