From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jul 30 01:39:22 2004 Return-Path: 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 610B416A4CE for ; Fri, 30 Jul 2004 01:39:22 +0000 (GMT) Received: from ms-smtp-01-eri0.southeast.rr.com (ms-smtp-01-lbl.southeast.rr.com [24.25.9.100]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F38DB43D64 for ; Fri, 30 Jul 2004 01:39:21 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from morganw@chemikals.org) Received: from volatile.chemikals.org (cpe-024-211-118-154.sc.rr.com [24.211.118.154])i6U1dHPf022660; Thu, 29 Jul 2004 21:39:18 -0400 (EDT) Received: from volatile.chemikals.org (morganw@localhost [127.0.0.1]) i6U1dHAb098366; Thu, 29 Jul 2004 21:39:17 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from morganw@chemikals.org) Received: from localhost (morganw@localhost)i6U1dGla098363; Thu, 29 Jul 2004 21:39:16 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from morganw@chemikals.org) X-Authentication-Warning: volatile.chemikals.org: morganw owned process doing -bs Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2004 21:39:16 -0400 (EDT) From: Wesley Morgan To: Dan Langille In-Reply-To: <20040729210322.B16506@xeon.unixathome.org> Message-ID: <20040729213847.T96671@volatile.chemikals.org> References: <20040725002730.GA69069@gargantuan.com> <20040729202414.K96671@volatile.chemikals.org> <20040729210322.B16506@xeon.unixathome.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Virus-Scanned: Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine cc: Ray Seals cc: FreeBSD Mobile Subject: Re: new laptop suggestions - not the usual stuff X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2004 01:39:22 -0000 On Thu, 29 Jul 2004, Dan Langille wrote: > On Thu, 29 Jul 2004, Wesley Morgan wrote: > >> On Thu, 29 Jul 2004, Ray Seals wrote: >> >>> On Sat, 2004-07-24 at 19:27, Michael W. Oliver wrote: >>>> Ok folks, I know that this comes up from time to time, and I know very >>>> well the FreeBSD laptop compatibility list (which rocks!), but I think >>>> this case is different, and here's why. >>>> >>>> I am looking for a new laptop that has the following features: >>>> >>>> 1) pointing stick in keyboard *THIS IS A MUST* >> >> These are sadly becoming harder to find, despite their obvious superiority >> to the "touch pad". I was very put off when Toshiba dropped their >> Satellite Pro line that featured this! I'll have to hang on to my current >> laptop forever. > > IBM are committed to the stick I think. Yeah but the keyboards on thinkpads suck. All springy and stiff :) -- Hi! I'm a .signature virus! Copy me into your ~/.signature to help me spread!