From owner-freebsd-mobile Fri Sep 5 13:10:11 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id NAA28936 for mobile-outgoing; Fri, 5 Sep 1997 13:10:11 -0700 (PDT) Received: from hda.hda.com (hda-bicnet.bicnet.net [208.220.66.37]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id NAA28930 for ; Fri, 5 Sep 1997 13:10:07 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from dufault@localhost) by hda.hda.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) id PAA04435; Fri, 5 Sep 1997 15:21:39 -0400 (EDT) From: Peter Dufault Message-Id: <199709051921.PAA04435@hda.hda.com> Subject: Re: High-resolution displays In-Reply-To: <199709051727.LAA09357@rocky.mt.sri.com> from Nate Williams at "Sep 5, 97 11:27:02 am" To: nate@mt.sri.com (Nate Williams) Date: Fri, 5 Sep 1997 15:21:37 -0400 (EDT) Cc: freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL25 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > > A quick note about a CDROM: I wish my laptop had one since it would > > be an ideal system for hooking into an ethernet and > > installing packages, etc, from. > > ... In any case, you can have an external CD-ROM if you > really want one, plus the advantage of having a way to play CD's on the > plane w/out using your laptop battery. ;) Then you lose one of the best features of the laptop: the solid box with everything built in. Which brings up another point for those in the market to consider: The IBM has an external power supply while some laptops have it built in. Peter -- Peter Dufault (dufault@hda.com) Realtime development, Machine control, HD Associates, Inc. Safety critical systems, Agency approval