From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 6 10:40:43 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D77A137B401 for ; Tue, 6 May 2003 10:40:43 -0700 (PDT) Received: from main.gmane.org (main.gmane.org [80.91.224.249]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A60E343FAF for ; Tue, 6 May 2003 10:40:42 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from freebsd-mobile@m.gmane.org) Received: from list by main.gmane.org with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 19D6Ob-0000Mg-00 for ; Tue, 06 May 2003 19:38:29 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from news by main.gmane.org with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 19D6Nu-0000Iy-00 for ; Tue, 06 May 2003 19:37:46 +0200 From: mc@hack.org Date: Tue, 06 May 2003 19:39:09 +0200 Organization: Temple of the Moby Hack Lines: 20 Message-ID: <87brygq8jm.fsf@fuckup.hack.org> References: <20030505223531.6B6755D04@ptavv.es.net> <3EB74DAB.7000705@katherinehouse.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org X-URL: http://hack.org/~mc/ X-Waved: Chicken (dead). Curse all those damn UCE bots! User-Agent: Gnus/5.1001 (Gnus v5.10.1) Emacs/21.3 (berkeley-unix) Cancel-Lock: sha1:cfmM1XIXgAF/IQMbmU5aPKqJPMs= Sender: news Subject: Re: ideal laptop recommendations? X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 06 May 2003 17:40:44 -0000 "Jesse D. Guardiani" writes: > Here are the systems I am considering currently. The Dell comes with a > wireless router and Bluetooth, but it doesn't have the VAIO's screen size, > and the IBM is entirely too expensive and doesn't include a DVD > burner Earlier you stated that you are a developer, so I can't really understand why you need a DVD burner on your laptop. I've been perfectly happy with the very thin and light Thinkpad 570s and X20s myself, neither of which have any DVD burner, nor any DVD or CD ROM drive, or, indeed, any built in disk drive what so ever. What's the need if you're a developer? Perhaps it would help if you told us what /kind/ of developer you are? If I was to shop around for a new laptop right now, I would most likely go with a Thinkpad X30 or X31, the younger brother of my older systems. Very thin, very light (~1.4 kg), awesome battery life and an incredibly good keyboard, especially for a laptop.