From owner-freebsd-mobile Fri Mar 24 12:59:34 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from ns.yogotech.com (ns.yogotech.com [206.127.79.126]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9FC7F37B542; Fri, 24 Mar 2000 12:59:29 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from nate@yogotech.com) Received: from nomad.yogotech.com (nomad.yogotech.com [206.127.79.115]) by ns.yogotech.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id NAA04191; Fri, 24 Mar 2000 13:59:23 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from nate@nomad.yogotech.com) Received: (from nate@localhost) by nomad.yogotech.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA09850; Fri, 24 Mar 2000 13:59:23 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from nate) Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2000 13:59:23 -0700 (MST) Message-Id: <200003242059.NAA09850@nomad.yogotech.com> From: Nate Williams MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: Poul-Henning Kamp Cc: "Jordan K. Hubbard" , Mike Smith , Greg Lehey , mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: What laptop should I buy? In-Reply-To: <5475.953930963@critter.freebsd.dk> References: <33292.953930617@zippy.cdrom.com> <5475.953930963@critter.freebsd.dk> X-Mailer: VM 6.34 under 19.16 "Lille" XEmacs Lucid Reply-To: nate@yogotech.com (Nate Williams) Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > >Sure it's a geek fashion statement, but I get far more useful work > >done on my VAIO than I have on any of my previous laptops. Being > >light, I'm actually willing to take it places, for one thing. :) > > Ever since I got the first "critter" in 1994, it has been obvious > to me, that the weight is a far more important parameter in a laptop > than screen resolution or battery life. Agreed. > After all, if you didn't bring your laptop with you because it was > to heavy, what difference will screen size make for you ? *grin* > My current H-P Omnibook 800 is getting a bit tight around my > shoulders and I'm contemplating an upgrade, currently I think the > H-P Omnibook 900 is a strong candidate, but if anybody has any good > recommendation for machines in the 2kg (4 lbs) class I'm all ears. No suprise here, but the IBM 570 should be a contender. And, if you don't mind another pound (I don't), the 5lb 600E is highly recommended as well. I own the latter (bought my own recently), and had the previous model of the 570 (560) at my former employer. I *love* IBM Thinkpads. Unfortunately, they're a bit spendy, but IMO well worth it in terms or ruggedness and the best keyboard of any laptop. (Plus, they don't use those silly touch-pads...) Nate To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message