From owner-freebsd-chat Wed May 9 5:28:58 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from nef.ens.fr (nef.ens.fr [129.199.96.32]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0BDFE37B424 for ; Wed, 9 May 2001 05:28:54 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from Rahul.Siddharthan@lpt.ens.fr) Received: from corto.lpt.ens.fr (corto.lpt.ens.fr [129.199.122.2]) by nef.ens.fr (8.10.1/1.01.28121999) with ESMTP id f49CSqR00806 ; Wed, 9 May 2001 14:28:52 +0200 (CEST) Received: from (rsidd@localhost) by corto.lpt.ens.fr (8.9.3/jtpda-5.3.1) id OAA96433 ; Wed, 9 May 2001 14:29:09 +0200 (CEST) Date: Wed, 9 May 2001 14:29:09 +0200 From: Rahul Siddharthan To: Dag-Erling Smorgrav Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Laptop recommendations in France / Europe? Message-ID: <20010509142909.L82438@lpt.ens.fr> References: <20010509133826.I82438@lpt.ens.fr> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: ; from des@ofug.org on Wed, May 09, 2001 at 02:07:10PM +0200 X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 3.4-STABLE i386 Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Dag-Erling Smorgrav said on May 9, 2001 at 14:07:10: > La Fnac sells reasonably-priced laptops (several sub-10k models), but > I think you'll have a hard time getting one that doesn't have Windows > and tons of other shit (Office, Works, Notes or the like) preloaded. Yes, indeed. I checked Dell's web page, the Inspiron 2500 looks ok to me but I have to choose not only Windows, but also either MS works or MS office arrgh.... (anyway I'm not sure FreeBSD works on it but it does apparently work on other Inspirons) > If you're in Paris, try the Foire Surcouf (139 av Daumesnil; closest Thanks. I'll check it out... -Rahul To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message