Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2000 10:08:33 -0800 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Mike Smith <msmith@FreeBSD.org> Cc: mobile@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: What laptop should I buy? Message-ID: <20000324100833.F1349@mojave.worldwide.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <200003241746.JAA00745@mass.cdrom.com>; from msmith@FreeBSD.org on Fri, Mar 24, 2000 at 09:46:38AM -0800 References: <20000324091703.A1349@mojave.worldwide.lemis.com> <200003241746.JAA00745@mass.cdrom.com>
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On Friday, 24 March 2000 at 9:46:38 -0800, Mike Smith wrote: >> I'm in the market for a new laptop. The single most important feature >> is display resolution. I've identified the Dell Inspiron 7500 with a >> 1400x1050 screen, and I'm quite happy with my current Latitude CPi >> (modulo display resolution), but the Inspiron is a clumsy looking >> animal, and I'm wondering if there is some other machine with similar >> resolution which would work well with FreeBSD. Any ideas? > > No. I went through this exercise last year, and the i7500 is the only > system that's actually shipping with a megapel display AFAIWATE. The IBM > Thinkpad 770Z was advertised but never appears to have actually shipped > with the 1280x1024 display. Thanks. > You're correct though, the i7500 is a monster, and may be more deadweight > than you're willing to carry around. On the flipside, apart from the > disk it's a very capable system. What gets me with the Inspiron is less its weight (I'm a big bloke after all), but it seems so completely lacking in style. The Latitude is a nice box by comparison, but for some reason they don't want to fit the big display on it. Greg -- Finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key See complete headers for address and phone numbers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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