From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Sep 20 19:12:19 2003 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 2E2EA16A4B3 for ; Sat, 20 Sep 2003 19:12:19 -0700 (PDT) Received: from fs5-4.us4.outblaze.com (205-158-62-136.outblaze.com [205.158.62.136]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 77C4C43F3F for ; Sat, 20 Sep 2003 19:12:18 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from luomat@operamail.com) Received: (qmail 2110 invoked from network); 21 Sep 2003 02:09:33 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO Tim) (luomat:operamail.com?operamail.com@199.35.222.150) by 205-158-62-136.outblaze.com with SMTP; 21 Sep 2003 02:09:32 -0000 To: Stuart Barkley References: <20030920211056.T21556@freeman.4gh.net> Message-ID: From: Timothy Luoma Organization: http://tntluoma.com Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=iso-8859-15 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Date: Sat, 20 Sep 2003 22:11:45 -0400 In-Reply-To: <20030920211056.T21556@freeman.4gh.net> User-Agent: Opera7.20/Win32 M2 build 3139 cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Dell i7500 or Toshiba 1005-S157? 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: Sun, 21 Sep 2003 02:12:19 -0000 On Sat, 20 Sep 2003 21:40:31 -0400 (EDT), Stuart Barkley wrote: > I have a Toshiba 1005-S157 and am running FreeBSD 4.7 (currently, soon > to upgrade to 4.8/4.9). After over a year using it, I'm still don't > like it and wish I had purchased some other brand (but I'm not sure > what). I really liked the Dell Latitude I had at my previous job and > it ran FreeBSD quite well. > > I have a web page describing my Toshiba setup. There are some things > you will need to deal with: > > http://www.4gh.net/hints/toshiba/satellite1005-s157.html > >> But then I'm thinking that I can devote the entire Toshiba to >> FreeBSD, and it has the faster processor. I assume I'll be running >> WINE for a few Windows apps, and when I need to update/compile >> faster = better, right? > > You might play around on with FreeBSD on the Toshiba first leaving > your current Dell untouched. Once you have a little more experience > you can try FreeBSD on the Dell. Thanks... I think that is exactly what I will do. Tomorrow afternoon I'm going to CD-R my wife's files and try getting FreeBSD working on it. The one real hitch may be the modem. I only have dialup at home, so I'd need to get the modem working to be useful at home. I have Ethernet to shared DSL at the office, so I'll probably use that for getting it setup. TjL