From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Sep 27 21:35:36 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B3D5F16A4CE for ; Mon, 27 Sep 2004 21:35:36 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail.mcneil.com (mcneil.com [24.199.45.54]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7ED4743D1F for ; Mon, 27 Sep 2004 21:35:36 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from sean@mcneil.com) Received: from localhost (localhost.mcneil.com [127.0.0.1]) by mail.mcneil.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id C28FAF1ADD; Mon, 27 Sep 2004 14:35:35 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.mcneil.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (server.mcneil.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 42496-03; Mon, 27 Sep 2004 14:35:33 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [24.199.45.54] (mcneil.com [24.199.45.54]) by mail.mcneil.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id AC0B5F1956; Mon, 27 Sep 2004 14:35:33 -0700 (PDT) From: Sean McNeil To: hartzell@kestrel.alerce.com In-Reply-To: <16728.33607.716813.703551@satchel.alerce.com> References: <20040927111438.GA865@genius.tao.org.uk> <1096290034.23046.82.camel@linux-mobile.example.net> <20040927143811.GA87515@sysmon.tcworks.net> <4158338A.9090309@pythonemproject.com> <16728.33607.716813.703551@satchel.alerce.com> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-lahWrDelc87J79cZ4lIX" Message-Id: <1096320933.42513.9.camel@server.mcneil.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.6 Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2004 14:35:33 -0700 X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at mcneil.com cc: Rob cc: Scott Lambert cc: Peter Schultz cc: current@freebsd.org cc: Rainer Duffner Subject: Re: Laptop recommendations? X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2004 21:35:36 -0000 --=-lahWrDelc87J79cZ4lIX Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, 2004-09-27 at 14:16, George Hartzell wrote: > Peter Schultz writes: > > How far off are we from a stable version of FreeBSD PPC? Apple's=20 > > laptops are sweet. >=20 > Except for the D#@% caps lock key. It's IN THE WRONG PLACE and > apparent best tool for swapping it around (uControl) doesn't work > reliably and the dang led stays on anyway.... Huh? I'm looking at my powerbook right now and the caps lock key is in the exact same place as it is on my logitec keyboard and my compaq laptop. Only difference that I see is the backspace key says delete and there is no "delete" key that kills the character on the cursor. > I've been told that the behaviour is in the firmware and is > unavoidable w/out drastic measures. I'd say this is a minor nit that you could get use to over time. My biggest complaint for all laptops is a decent mouse replacement. I'm no fan of glidepoints or eraser mice. Plus, no 3 buttons - 1 for macs, 2 for pcs. I have to say that a powerbook is one high quality piece of work. My compaq presario 700 looks like junk in comparison. --=-lahWrDelc87J79cZ4lIX Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBBWIelyQsGN30uGE4RAqQEAJ9R5y10/c7BzcRE/AcU3l9DOFFQHQCgsRQO dL19K8IKSIllRTO5bd5i/5g= =0PYq -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-lahWrDelc87J79cZ4lIX--