From owner-freebsd-hardware Wed Aug 14 23:20:02 1996 Return-Path: owner-hardware Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id XAA10446 for hardware-outgoing; Wed, 14 Aug 1996 23:20:02 -0700 (PDT) Received: from dhp.com (dhp.com [199.245.105.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id XAA10400 for ; Wed, 14 Aug 1996 23:19:48 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from jaeger@localhost) by dhp.com (8.7.5/8.6.12) id CAA09456; Thu, 15 Aug 1996 02:19:07 -0400 Date: Thu, 15 Aug 1996 02:19:06 -0400 (EDT) From: jaeger To: Michael Elbel cc: hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Can somebody recommend a notebook? In-Reply-To: <199608141419.QAA21105@tick.muc.ditec.de> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Wed, 14 Aug 1996, Michael Elbel wrote: > I need to get a notebook here at work. Can anybody recommend something. > Additionally, has anybody tried to install FreeBSD on one of the newer > DIGITAL HiNote Notebooks? They do look good. > Would you mean the Hinote Ultra/Ultra II subnotes or the full sized ones? I booted the boot floppy for 2.1.0 and 2.1.5 installs, and they seemed to detect and run everything okay, including the 3Com 3C589C. This was the slightly older Hinote Ultra (not the p5 equipped Ultra II). I never thought I could live with a subnote, but I was very pleased overall (haven't tried FreeBSD on it). The Ultra II has a 10.4" screen, the same as the full sized Winbook XP5 I had been favoring. The Ultra seems very solid, and I haven't had any problems (in stark contrast to Winbooks). The keyboard is quite nice considering the height savings. The biggest disadvantage I see so far is the lack of a swappable hard drive. Maybe this is corrected in the Ultra II? I recently saw a base Ultra advertised for $1600, and a RAM upgrade (to bring the total to the maximum 24, like mine) for around $269. This is of course the older model, but I consider it a good value if a compact notebook with a 486 is all you need. -jaeger > Michael >