From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 28 15:55:49 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: mobile@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8BB7516A401 for ; Wed, 28 Mar 2007 15:55:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jeff.rollin@gmail.com) Received: from ug-out-1314.google.com (ug-out-1314.google.com [66.249.92.175]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 191A913C457 for ; Wed, 28 Mar 2007 15:55:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jeff.rollin@gmail.com) Received: by ug-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id 71so249853ugh for ; Wed, 28 Mar 2007 08:55:47 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=fortK4dide1xIiUc7TUyGilKcZ2cK0ogL+HXx48cOriX5FE5J3h+aopecUsShjsjYEaXhWQXMfr0ZOOn+oH0TIjFs0g/of9HE/zVTCAlSx8EBwiAgp5XY3qrlGsfPz6QYPbghaRCe4gGJCWqtG4O0Pk9i7/RQaFe78XN4Vr7erE= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=IFk/F1VXx8H09/DBYIQTcaD+Af54CJPSuvVa3Obr422PGF1vn/MBeBSJ4WIxMPxqnC0dH7w6MAtzBniOasswVGPw3KZ4dju3HtDD+NBncNvykLDXgNeGZLMLRelUmH2BjNGcqJKbSWNk3Eg4GVDZeLbLQ7nlSoClrKlFy3d5H40= Received: by 10.114.25.3 with SMTP id 3mr3806295way.1175097346349; Wed, 28 Mar 2007 08:55:46 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.114.60.14 with HTTP; Wed, 28 Mar 2007 08:55:46 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <8a0028260703280855n3bd8e156kef3a2ed6251b5816@mail.gmail.com> Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2007 16:55:46 +0100 From: "Jeff Rollin" To: "Randy Bush" In-Reply-To: <460A8731.9030509@psg.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <20070327191946.GA39413@bewilderbeast.blackhelicopters.org> <460A80D8.3070503@psg.com> <8a0028260703280757k1a669304qaf08e108aff7ae7e@mail.gmail.com> <460A8731.9030509@psg.com> Cc: mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Buying a new laptop 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: Wed, 28 Mar 2007 15:55:49 -0000 On 28/03/07, Randy Bush wrote: > > I on the other hand really like Fujitsu Siemens laptops - reliable, > > fast, good looking > > have you needed to have one repaired yet? and don't tell me you won't; > we all wish. when it needed to be repaired, what was your experience? Yes and no. Unfortunately I killed it through accidental damage, and the warranty I paid for didn't cover AD. So I can't really blame them or the shop I bought it from (who were the warrantors), and can't tell what support was like either. I didn't need software support from them, though, and I suspect it's unlikely would have been able to give me any, since at the first opportunity I installed Linux on it, junking WinXP Home. (I would have installed FreeBSD but I need wireless support, and neither the inbuilt broadcome WLAN card nor the DLink DWLG650 worked with it - though I suspect it was a Cardbus issue. Unfortunately I didn't have any other cards to test it with.) Jeff > > there are a lot of really sweet reliable, fast, good looking laptops. > if your work life depends on one, support becomes a top of the list > differentiator.