From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Mon May 15 20:14:44 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: mobile@freebsd.org 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 814B816A555 for ; Mon, 15 May 2006 20:14:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from imp@bsdimp.com) Received: from harmony.bsdimp.com (vc4-2-0-87.dsl.netrack.net [199.45.160.85]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 21C1643D46 for ; Mon, 15 May 2006 20:14:44 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from imp@bsdimp.com) Received: from localhost (localhost.village.org [IPv6:::1] (may be forged)) by harmony.bsdimp.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k4FKCCnh030425; Mon, 15 May 2006 14:12:12 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from imp@bsdimp.com) Date: Mon, 15 May 2006 14:12:12 -0600 (MDT) Message-Id: <20060515.141212.35690040.imp@bsdimp.com> To: rainer@ultra-secure.de From: Warner Losh In-Reply-To: <4468DF69.20702@ultra-secure.de> References: <4468A0F9.6071.37FD6A10@dan.langille.org> <4468DF69.20702@ultra-secure.de> X-Mailer: Mew version 3.3 on Emacs 21.3 / Mule 5.0 (SAKAKI) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: dan@langille.org, mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Laptop dead, suggestions? 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: Mon, 15 May 2006 20:14:44 -0000 > Besides, the MacBook Pro is nice - I just don't think it is useful > without OS X. Looking at it closely shows that it doesn't fit my needs. I wouldn't turn a free one down, but I think that for $2k I can find something that fits my needs better. > For a full-featured laptop with serial, parallel, IE1394, USB2, > PCcard+Express-Card, BT2, IR, IEEE802.11x, GB-ethernet take a look at > Fujtisu-Siemens' latest lifebook E8120 offerings. > They're also very durable (although a bit heavy), I've got a E8010 and > it's a nice workstation. Funny you should mention that. The Lifebook has been recommended by a couple of my friends, so I've been looking at them all morning. They look like the best option for me. Well, I did look at a laptop that had builtin RAID-1 support, but that might be more agressive than I really need... Warner