Date: Fri, 5 Sep 1997 14:37:44 -0600 (MDT) From: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com> To: Peter Dufault <dufault@hda.com> Cc: nate@mt.sri.com (Nate Williams), freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: High-resolution displays Message-ID: <199709052037.OAA10275@rocky.mt.sri.com> In-Reply-To: <199709051944.PAA04500@hda.hda.com> References: <199709052013.OAA10130@rocky.mt.sri.com> <199709051944.PAA04500@hda.hda.com>
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> (Nate states those with built in CDROMS are heavier and flimsier) > > I'll look over (and pick up and shake and thump on) a Thinkpad with > built in CDROM before I decide it is too flimsy. I thought the 365xd > was my 365x with the internal floppy traded off for internal CDROM. > The 365x isn't flimsy. None of the ThinkPads are flimsy, but I'll bet you a ThinkPad *with* a CDROM is much less rugged than one without. You gotta compare apples to apples. > > *All* of the laptops I've ever used (NEC, IBM, Toshiba, Fujitsu, HP) > > have external power supplies. > > The Toshibas at one of my clients have built in power supplies and > take a line cord on the back. I don't know the model, but they > have both older 486 systems and some newer Pentium systems. That's different than my experience. > I'm more willing to trade off weight for having everything well > packaged in one place than the market. To each his own. I spend enough time on the road *NOT* using the externals that having a light-weight laptop is a much bigger deal than having one with everything built-in. It's the 'unix' geek in me I guess. "Small is beautiful". ;) ;) ;) Nate
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