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Date:      Thu, 2 Oct 1997 22:49:38 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        Michael John Pelletier <mjpell@earthlink.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Please read; I thinking about buying a laptop...
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.971002224735.26112T-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <XFMail.970929214951.mjpell@earthlink.net>

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On Mon, 29 Sep 1997, Michael John Pelletier wrote:

> Hi,
> 
>         I need some serious insight.  I am thinking
> about buying a laptop and I want to have dual O.S. 
> (probably win95 (yuck) and FreeBSD.  Could anyone
> tell me if there are any problems with laptop support.
> I am very close to buying the Micron XKE or XPE.
> 
>         Please help, I need to buy this quickly, for
> my job.  I don't want to get stuck with a laptop
> which I can not use UNIX on....

The Digital HiNote series is a proven FreeBSD runner (at least some of the
older models).  They recently became available by mail order from PC
Connection; I'm probing my local DEC dealer to see if they can beat the
price.  The PAO group has one floating around in their midst, so it should
work. 

The top end unit, the HiNote VP 575, with a P166MMX, 16MB RAM, 2.1GB hard
drive, TFT, and CD/floppy unit, is about $3400. 

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major





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