From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Apr 29 08:32:32 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id IAA23670 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 29 Apr 1996 08:32:32 -0700 (PDT) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id IAA23665 for ; Mon, 29 Apr 1996 08:32:28 -0700 (PDT) Received: from msmith@localhost by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.6.12/8.6.9) id BAA16492; Tue, 30 Apr 1996 01:01:47 +0930 From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199604291531.BAA16492@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: Laptops and removable drives To: david@fgate.flevel.co.uk (David Southwell) Date: Tue, 30 Apr 1996 01:01:47 +0930 (CST) Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org, graham@flevel.co.uk In-Reply-To: from "David Southwell" at Apr 29, 96 02:51:13 pm MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk David Southwell stands accused of saying: > > Can anyone suggest a laptop that will run FreeBSD and XFree86, > with an ethernet adaptor, decent display, and removeable hard drives? That really depends on your budget &c. The Toshiba Satellite Pro 410CS is a pretty good buy, and the new Sharp PC9000 looks good too. Both of these will set you back around $6K (australian) for a usable configuration. The biggest drawback with laptops is the displays - only the latest and most expensive have 1027x768; you're looking at over $8K to put one on the road. (For reference, $1AUS ~ $0.73US, UKP1 ~ $2.2AUS) > Graham Breach -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] Collector of old Unix hardware. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[