Date: Tue, 06 May 2003 20:19:39 +0200 From: mc@hack.org To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ideal laptop recommendations? Message-ID: <87llxkos3o.fsf@fuckup.hack.org> References: <jesse@wingnet.net> <20030505223531.6B6755D04@ptavv.es.net> <b96qc0$k4i$1@main.gmane.org> <3EB74DAB.7000705@katherinehouse.com> <b98luv$re$1@main.gmane.org> <87brygq8jm.fsf@fuckup.hack.org> <b98t6p$86g$1@main.gmane.org>
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"Jesse D. Guardiani" <jesse@wingnet.net> writes: > One word: Backup. I see. I use rsync over SSH myself to synchronize my home directory on the laptop with my home directory on the fileserver whenever I get to a decent network connection. It's a pretty fast and pretty simple solution. > It would be nice to burn photo DVDs too. I have a Kodak DC3400 > digital camera and over 2G of jpg photos right now. CDROMs can't > store enough. Ah. I don't have that problem myself. Do you use this at work much? If not, perhaps you should look into buying another machine for home use instead? >> Perhaps it would help if you told us what /kind/ of developer you >> are? > > I don't see how that is important, but I am a software developer. > I develop software for various server systems using C, C++, Python, > Perl, etc... etc... I asked because I guess it /would/ matter if you, for instance, did some very heavy graphics work, doing stuff in, say, VRML, OpenGL or something else I have no knowledge of. Presumably, people who are developing support for these things might need different hardware than your avarage kernel hacker. > I want to replace my desktop with this laptop I have used my Thinkpads exclusively for the last three or four years. I don't travel much either, but when I do, I might do it at a moment's notice and I want to keep my workstation with me. > My son is more than 25 lbs and I lug his little butt around with me > all the time. Heh... I'm glad my own sons (eight and ten years old) walk by themselves. > If I fall in love with an IBM, then I may just have to wait a few > months for the prices to go down and DVD burners to become available > or something... At least in Sweden, where I currently reside, the Thinkpad X series aren't that expensive. You should check it out.
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