From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 28 15:24:58 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: mobile@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9311C16A402 for ; Wed, 28 Mar 2007 15:24:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jeff.rollin@gmail.com) Received: from wr-out-0506.google.com (wr-out-0506.google.com [64.233.184.232]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 50B2713C458 for ; Wed, 28 Mar 2007 15:24:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jeff.rollin@gmail.com) Received: by wr-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id 70so1660062wra for ; Wed, 28 Mar 2007 08:24:57 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=O7f3r/bcEiiId3dbh+5pFYAeXENH/q709AfgXCj0K0fGmbDs6gMvfCnZ8uMF+4eMjSRx/JaVEo6LsPkXW6/o93RWPJRcIErwNL6Ii913/mb294stb0d2lkrYRpzELk3tYLjRfvuuSgUS33V582gOCKHxcDyOjMDptCHkatbaHT0= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=c+MQyFuO7PFI9BMqF5TmBDnm3HVlUkTKygque3fz+coak+TMVSkXQzMe0qTvQOLxj8UjgpQXzbbHhxVbkTL7aZg6sqxofOA6SYnFIO1bLE9oBy8tUdqQqffOn0Z+WfjSjABdQITHTYIHyPYEtkDpN8AkQp9p5p4ALuRt+4w5q9E= Received: by 10.114.185.8 with SMTP id i8mr3754261waf.1175093848392; Wed, 28 Mar 2007 07:57:28 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.114.60.14 with HTTP; Wed, 28 Mar 2007 07:57:28 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <8a0028260703280757k1a669304qaf08e108aff7ae7e@mail.gmail.com> Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2007 15:57:28 +0100 From: "Jeff Rollin" To: "Randy Bush" In-Reply-To: <460A80D8.3070503@psg.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <20070327191946.GA39413@bewilderbeast.blackhelicopters.org> <460A80D8.3070503@psg.com> Cc: mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Buying a new laptop X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2007 15:24:58 -0000 On 28/03/07, Randy Bush wrote: > > I'm like Randy - I pretty much just buy IBM/lenovo. I've had good > > repair experiences (something breaks, fixed and returned to me in 3 > > business days), and reliability has been good. > > my laptop is my ability to work. i can not afford to be without it. so > i buy the full on-site service. and they have come on-site to fix my > laptops the next day in bainbridge island, nairobi, yokohama, and kyoto. > > we have one top-end asus laptop. it is a really nice box, bought max > warranty. went dark, literally, in december. i had to make clear that, > if they did not ship it back from repair this week or refund our money, > it was lawyer time; and i meant it. it finally seems to be shipping > this week. > > otoh, this is better than sony. when a viao (sweet box but delicate) in > warranty went dead, they demanded more than the purchase price to repair it. > > some of the alternative boxes are sure sweet. when they work. it's > what happens when they don't work that leaves me with only dell and lenovo. > > randy > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-mobile > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-mobile-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > I on the other hand really like Fujitsu Siemens laptops - reliable, fast, good looking - but would really like to be able to order one with FreeBSD or at least with *BSD/Linux or no preinstalled OS; unfortunately it seems like none of the small independent Linux vendors in the UK do Fujitsu laptops, and I don't know any at all that preinstall BSD. Jeff -- Q: What will happen in the Aftermath? A: Impossible to tell, since we're still in the Beforemath. http://latedeveloper.org.uk