Date: Sun, 7 Sep 1997 14:15:08 -0600 (MDT) From: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com> To: Jon Inouye <jinouye@cse.ogi.edu> Cc: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com>, Peter Dufault <dufault@hda.com>, freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: High-resolution displays Message-ID: <199709072015.OAA16356@rocky.mt.sri.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.HPP.3.95.970907080429.3207A-100000@indurain.cse.ogi.edu> References: <199709052037.OAA10275@rocky.mt.sri.com> <Pine.HPP.3.95.970907080429.3207A-100000@indurain.cse.ogi.edu>
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> The Toshiba Satellite Pros (420/430) have built in power supplies so > you only need the external power cord. We have several around OGI > running Linux + XFree86 3.2 in 800x600 mode internally and externally. > I doubt the CD-ROM is the most vulnerable component of the laptop. > I have seen more IDE drives, displays, and mobile modules (motherboards) > go bad and have yet to see a problem with CD-ROMs. It's not that the CD-ROM is vulnerable, it's that the whole box is more vulnerable because of the need to design 'pop-in' modules. Granted, it's a lot more flexible configuration, but the overall strength of the system can't be as strong as a system that doesn't have the pop-in modules. Nate
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