From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Dec 23 19:16:26 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B4A5472 for ; Sun, 23 Dec 2012 19:16:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lists@eitanadler.com) Received: from mail-la0-f43.google.com (mail-la0-f43.google.com [209.85.215.43]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 238DA8FC0A for ; Sun, 23 Dec 2012 19:16:25 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-la0-f43.google.com with SMTP id z14so7736404lag.16 for ; Sun, 23 Dec 2012 11:16:24 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=eitanadler.com; s=0xdeadbeef; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=4XZ8z4wb+FAqVeHgg3gKy3GlieKEx4Ku5n1Bw6wLW0s=; b=RZZK0DApo20VX6bau6fBkFMUH8rYvysmdtSnzfaSh5vjrfUtlA/MfLT+ris/T8D2Kf AP3zCkKDT4ED9vGj2l5I2Q5YTBiO6Ua7SjWw1TYafcxujtVoOlmNdNyqBAJWalk5mGKE s8ZIM5FjUYH9cs5YyC+G1l1cggvVk7epo24BI= X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:x-gm-message-state; bh=4XZ8z4wb+FAqVeHgg3gKy3GlieKEx4Ku5n1Bw6wLW0s=; b=BgtkFpmFAB9JzBSXNeVmIIlDIzzylPbmqkzDnTYnXw7emfZktTTgDc/kCHR+vi9wp+ i2qAvgHfZgzaT2OonW3h31+SxV5O8wGfEQ4Tea3ztUjWvndOz7PIHRccD8vzKnmg7YAg PcXBzfFfZdMZ4BkA50TXarOHrt0L/im2sLObJCQiM8eIDWJso5GD63zraKkOqCPmxELR yxPylxmciv79W2+qodPsLWgweV99X35Yin3Oyo8gSJYT682rM2l9+lJYC8N6s7MfxLaI PkXu2PDHZQU6pH/Sb+9a5rIfvRxNaTfJ/fWFp/k7J4pvgmlJ+1cvGV5lIic4qNmySu5h Ip0A== Received: by 10.112.37.40 with SMTP id v8mr7870367lbj.112.1356290184685; Sun, 23 Dec 2012 11:16:24 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.112.162.100 with HTTP; Sun, 23 Dec 2012 11:15:54 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20121223181300.4c64820c@X220.ovitrap.com> References: <20121223181300.4c64820c@X220.ovitrap.com> From: Eitan Adler Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2012 14:15:54 -0500 Message-ID: Subject: Re: getting a laptop - take 2 To: Erich Dollansky Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQk1boNYhgcxFjpxOPltnLmHB+lNWRgIMwEK6mGV2SnVfydoM1TRcKug9mDbn3z5rr8ShDHk Cc: mobile@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2012 19:16:26 -0000 On 23 December 2012 06:13, Erich Dollansky wr= ote: > Hi, >> Note that I am looking for a *development laptop* - something for me >> to use to continue hacking on FreeBSD. The goal is to replace my >> desktop for most work. > > are you sure here? Yes. I move around too much to make it feasible to take my desktop. > Take a look at Lenovo's T and X series. You should only know that at > least for the X series, only disks with a height of 7mm will fit. So, > 500GB is currently the maximum. It seems that the T series comes with "VIDIA=C2=AE NVS=E2=84=A2 5200M graph= ics with Optimus=E2=84=A2 Technology". >From the last thread I understand that this is useless? ... > I work currently with the X220. > > You should also check the keyboard. The X220 has still the old style > but the new X230 comes with these strange 'islands'. It is not as bad > as I thought but I still prefer the old style keyboards. Okay. > If you do not mind having only the pad, you could check the Fujitsu > LifeBooks. They are good pieces of hardware but be real careful with > the LCD. I'll look at these too. --=20 Eitan Adler