Date: Tue, 6 Feb 2001 08:15:26 -0600 From: "Michael C . Wu" <keichii@iteration.net> To: Dan Langille <dan@langille.org> Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: laptops - perhaps DELL Message-ID: <20010206081526.E98288@peorth.iteration.net> In-Reply-To: <200102060903.f1693HE17973@ns1.unixathome.org>; from dan@langille.org on Tue, Feb 06, 2001 at 10:22:09PM %2B1300 References: <200102060903.f1693HE17973@ns1.unixathome.org>
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On Tue, Feb 06, 2001 at 10:22:09PM +1300, Dan Langille scribbled: | I lusted over Murray Stokely's laptop at BSDCon 2000. He loaned it to | me so I could convert my FreshPorts presentation from PowerPoint to, | ummm, whatever it was that came with Star Office. It was a fine looking | screen and seemed quite solid. Murray just pointed me at: | | <http://www.dell.com/us/en/dhs/offers/specials_3x_special09.htm>; | | where the $2049 price tag for a 700MHz processor, 128MB ram, 10GB | disk and a 15" screen looks pretty good to me. I don't think I'll need | that MS Works bundle, so I'm sure I'll get a hefty discount (not) if they | take that off. Do they preinstall? Actually, I'd be inclined to install | myself.... There's something about knowing exactly what's on the box | that gives me a better feeling. | | Any opinions? Any contacts at DELL? The following is seemingly the consensus of -mobile: Pick between the following with 1 or 2 preferred - 1. VAIO Superslims or Large Bricks 2. Dell Inspiron 5000 or 7000 3. Toshiba Porteges and Bricks 4. IBM X20 and A20 1 and 2 are comparable in price. And both 1 & 2 are what the majority of FreeBSD work is done one. (simply because that's what the hackers who code the needed support work on.) It depends on whether you want a large brick that does it all, or a compact one with smaller screen size and no cdrom. (Vaio has a built-in fxp0, so you don't need ethernet pcmcia cards.) 3 and 4 are novel, and pretty usable. -- +------------------------------------------------------------------+ | keichii@peorth.iteration.net | keichii@bsdconspiracy.net | | http://peorth.iteration.net/~keichii | Yes, BSD is a conspiracy. | +------------------------------------------------------------------+ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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