From owner-freebsd-mobile Fri Mar 24 13:12:25 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from ns.yogotech.com (ns.yogotech.com [206.127.79.126]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DB99137BA55; Fri, 24 Mar 2000 13:12:16 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from nate@yogotech.com) Received: from nomad.yogotech.com (nomad.yogotech.com [206.127.79.115]) by ns.yogotech.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id OAA04359; Fri, 24 Mar 2000 14:12:01 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from nate@nomad.yogotech.com) Received: (from nate@localhost) by nomad.yogotech.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) id OAA09993; Fri, 24 Mar 2000 14:12:00 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from nate) Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2000 14:12:00 -0700 (MST) Message-Id: <200003242112.OAA09993@nomad.yogotech.com> From: Nate Williams MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: Vincent Poy Cc: Nate Williams , Poul-Henning Kamp , "Jordan K. Hubbard" , Mike Smith , Greg Lehey , mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: What laptop should I buy? In-Reply-To: References: <200003242059.NAA09850@nomad.yogotech.com> X-Mailer: VM 6.34 under 19.16 "Lille" XEmacs Lucid Reply-To: nate@yogotech.com (Nate Williams) Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > > > >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. My 600 works pretty well as a desktop replacement. I've got it loaded with a 10GB disk, it's hooked through my dock to an external keyboard/mouse, and hooked up to my 19" monitor which does 1024x768 quite nicely. :) > > 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. *Ouch* I bought my Thinkpad on E-Bay for $3K. PII-400, 192MB memory, 10GB disk, and a DVD. About $1800 cheaper than buying it retail, and the warranty was still good (I checked with IBM before buying it). I will admit it was a bit scarey giving the UPS guy a check for that much w/out being able to see the machine, but in the end it worked out for me... Nate To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message