From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jun 21 21:55:57 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2C125106567A for ; Sun, 21 Jun 2009 21:55:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kline@thought.org) Received: from aristotle.thought.org (ns1.thought.org [209.180.213.210]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BFCBE8FC13 for ; Sun, 21 Jun 2009 21:55:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kline@thought.org) Received: from thought.org (tao.thought.org [10.47.0.250]) (authenticated bits=0) by aristotle.thought.org (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id n5LLts9X091408; Sun, 21 Jun 2009 14:55:54 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kline@thought.org) Received: by thought.org (nbSMTP-1.00) for uid 1002 kline@thought.org; Sun, 21 Jun 2009 14:55:51 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sun, 21 Jun 2009 14:55:51 -0700 From: Gary Kline To: Chris Whitehouse Message-ID: <20090621215551.GD63381@thought.org> References: <20090621055235.GA60649@thought.org> <4A3E879F.6020708@hdk5.net> <20090621194200.GC63029@thought.org> <20090621203249.GA63381@thought.org> <4A3EA338.20403@onetel.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4A3EA338.20403@onetel.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Organization: Thought Unlimited. Public service Unix since 1986. X-Of_Interest: With 22++ years of service to the Unix community. X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.4 required=3.6 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.2.3 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.3 (2007-08-08) on aristotle.thought.org Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List Subject: Re: Small notebook platforms. [was: Re: self-serving redeux/revisited, and more questions?] X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 21 Jun 2009 21:55:57 -0000 On Sun, Jun 21, 2009 at 10:16:40PM +0100, Chris Whitehouse wrote: > Gary Kline wrote: > >On Sun, Jun 21, 2009 at 12:42:00PM -0700, Gary Kline wrote: > >>On Sun, Jun 21, 2009 at 09:18:55AM -1000, Al Plant wrote: > > > There's a wiki devoted to FreeBSD on Asus eee > http://wiki.freebsd.org/AsusEee > > last edited 2009-05-31 outstanding; i'm looking at the top-of-page rt now:) > > I personally think Asus desktop motherboards are going downhill, based > on my very small sample of two old ones going strong and one recent one > defunct, plus that funny marketing smell that creeps in - "Rock Solid, > Heart Touching" geez. my asus days date pre-2000 when there was a builtin asus-SCSI controller. and at the time anything scsi was a must. marketing folks rate somewhere _beneath_ used-car salesmen, IMHO. there is some saying about needs vs wants, and it's the marketing guys who get us to need <>. ..... > On the other hand the guys in the component level > laptop repair shop I had to take my HP laptop to recently, told me they > get fewer Asus laptops in for repair than anything, even thinkpads. > (They get mostly HP :-< ) ouch! i've got two critical hp kayaks from 1998. been praying to the hp-gods:) ---well, until i can get a real live human nerd over here to help me replace them. -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix http://jottings.thought.org http://transfinite.thought.org For FBSD list: http://transfinite.thought.org/slicejourney.php The 4.98a release of Jottings: http://jottings.thought.org/index.php