From owner-freebsd-mobile Fri Nov 8 9:31:21 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7661737B401 for ; Fri, 8 Nov 2002 09:31:20 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail1.multi-ad.com (mail1.multi-ad.com [207.56.32.22]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4D6CE43E6E for ; Fri, 8 Nov 2002 09:31:18 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from tmcmichael@multiad.com) Received: from trmbsd.multiad.com ([207.56.32.243]) by mail1.multi-ad.com (Netscape Messaging Server 4.15) with ESMTP id H59PZR00.OUS; Fri, 8 Nov 2002 11:31:03 -0600 Subject: RE: using a laptop as a main machine From: "Ty McMichael" Reply-To: tmcmichael@multiad.com To: Arun Welch Cc: "'Brian T. " Schellenberger' , 'Bakul Shah' , mobile@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <000001c2874b$0316ad70$c77ba8c0@rune> References: <000001c2874b$0316ad70$c77ba8c0@rune> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.0.5 Date: 08 Nov 2002 11:23:33 -0600 Message-Id: <1036776213.3743.159.camel@trmbsd.multiad.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Everyone I know with Dell's has had to get them serviced, even people I know who leave them > on their desks 90% of the time. This doesn't bode well for me then, as I am just going on year 3 of my Dell Laptop which has quite literally been around the world several times, as well as a huge amount of domestic travel. I used to dual FreeBSD and Windoze, but have been exclusively BSD for almost a year. Sound, wireless, ethernet, APM, video, ports, etc all work great. The only "real" problem I have encountered is my docking station, which has been a pain in the ass to configure docked/undocked in X. Also, the battery no longer holds a suitable charge after docking with the batter still engaged. I dont know if other brands of laptops and their respective means of docking have the same issues or not, but it is worth considering. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message