From owner-freebsd-mobile Fri Mar 24 13: 8:19 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from oahu.WURLDLINK.NET (oahu.WURLDLINK.NET [208.164.68.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A1D0537B74E; Fri, 24 Mar 2000 13:08:16 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from vince@oahu.WURLDLINK.NET) Received: from localhost (vince@localhost) by oahu.WURLDLINK.NET (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id LAA28555; Fri, 24 Mar 2000 11:08:03 -1000 (HST) (envelope-from vince@oahu.WURLDLINK.NET) Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2000 11:08:02 -1000 (HST) From: Vincent Poy To: Nate Williams Cc: Poul-Henning Kamp , "Jordan K. Hubbard" , Mike Smith , Greg Lehey , mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: What laptop should I buy? In-Reply-To: <200003242059.NAA09850@nomad.yogotech.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Fri, 24 Mar 2000, Nate Williams wrote: > > >Sure it's a geek fashion statement, but I get far more useful work > > >done on my VAIO than I have on any of my previous laptops. Being > > >light, I'm actually willing to take it places, for one thing. :) > > > > Ever since I got the first "critter" in 1994, it has been obvious > > to me, that the weight is a far more important parameter in a laptop > > than screen resolution or battery life. > > Agreed. I guess I'm doing the opposite since I need a desktop replacement when I travel. > > After all, if you didn't bring your laptop with you because it was > > to heavy, what difference will screen size make for you ? > > *grin* > > > My current H-P Omnibook 800 is getting a bit tight around my > > shoulders and I'm contemplating an upgrade, currently I think the > > H-P Omnibook 900 is a strong candidate, but if anybody has any good > > recommendation for machines in the 2kg (4 lbs) class I'm all ears. > > No suprise here, but the IBM 570 should be a contender. And, if you > don't mind another pound (I don't), the 5lb 600E is highly recommended > as well. I own the latter (bought my own recently), and had the > previous model of the 570 (560) at my former employer. Yep, for the weight, the 570, 600 are pretty good. > I *love* IBM Thinkpads. Unfortunately, they're a bit spendy, but IMO > well worth it in terms or ruggedness and the best keyboard of any > laptop. Me too. I'm just waiting for the 770Z replacement since that's what I have now. The older ThinkPad models seems to have better keyboards than the newer ones though. > (Plus, they don't use those silly touch-pads...) That's the primary reason I got the ThinkPad is because of the Trackpoint. While both Toshiba and Compaq has it too, I didn't like those machines as much as the TP itself. Except the experience with this 770Z hasn't been that great. The ROM lost the serial number after one week of usage so they replaced the mainboard. Otherwise, the machine has been serving me well the last 10 months. Just a bit on the expensive side since I spent close to $5k for this thing but atleast I get my work done. Cheers, Vince - vince@WURLDLINK.NET - Vice President ________ __ ____ Unix Networking Operations - FreeBSD-Real Unix for Free / / / / | / |[__ ] WurldLink Corporation / / / / | / | __] ] San Francisco - Honolulu - Hong Kong / / / / / |/ / | __] ] HongKong Stars/Gravis UltraSound Mailing Lists Admin /_/_/_/_/|___/|_|[____] Almighty1@IRC - oahu.DAL.NET Hawaii's DALnet IRC Network Server Admin To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message