From owner-freebsd-mobile Fri Mar 24 13:12: 0 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from critter.freebsd.dk (critter.freebsd.dk [212.242.40.131]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F3EDA37B5EE; Fri, 24 Mar 2000 13:11:53 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from phk@critter.freebsd.dk) Received: from critter.freebsd.dk (localhost.freebsd.dk [127.0.0.1]) by critter.freebsd.dk (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id WAA05694; Fri, 24 Mar 2000 22:11:49 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from phk@critter.freebsd.dk) To: Mike Smith Cc: nate@yogotech.com (Nate Williams), "Jordan K. Hubbard" , Greg Lehey , mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: What laptop should I buy? In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 24 Mar 2000 13:11:48 PST." <200003242111.NAA01676@mass.cdrom.com> Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2000 22:11:49 +0100 Message-ID: <5692.953932309@critter.freebsd.dk> From: Poul-Henning Kamp Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org In message <200003242111.NAA01676@mass.cdrom.com>, Mike Smith writes: >> > 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* > >Why bother bringing your laptop if the screen is too small to do real >work on? > >I don't seem to have any problems lugging an i7500 around, and I swear >that it's _nice_ having something that feels close to desktop screen size >to work on. Not to mention the screen envy that all those Techno-Bill >wannabes feel... 8) I generally find that a traveling configuration over 5 lbs is to heavy to carry in my back-pack "by default". -- Poul-Henning Kamp FreeBSD coreteam member phk@FreeBSD.ORG "Real hackers run -current on their laptop." FreeBSD -- It will take a long time before progress goes too far! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message