From owner-freebsd-mobile Thu Nov 14 11:50:49 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2D66637B401 for ; Thu, 14 Nov 2002 11:50:48 -0800 (PST) Received: from leviathan.cnchost.com (leviathan.cnchost.com [207.155.252.18]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2766643EB2 for ; Thu, 14 Nov 2002 11:50:46 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from bakul@bitblocks.com) Received: from bitblocks.com (adsl-209-204-185-216.sonic.net [209.204.185.216]) by leviathan.cnchost.com id OAA13322; Thu, 14 Nov 2002 14:50:45 -0500 (EST) [ConcentricHost SMTP Relay 1.15] Message-ID: <200211141950.OAA13322@leviathan.cnchost.com> To: mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: using a laptop as a main machine Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2002 11:50:44 -0800 From: Bakul Shah Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org First, a belated thanks for all the responses. Looks like there is a remarkable agreement on the required features! - a long warranty - reliabile - large & hi-res display - long battery life - full size keyboard - cradle/docking station when at your desk - wifi - working suspend/resume richard childers writes: > There are advantages to desktops, as well as to laptops. True. But for me the balance has tilted in the laptops' favor. In a home, a laptop with an external display/keyboard is far more flexible and easier to manage. Even if you leave it on all the time, my guess is it saves between 100 to 200 W/hr. or about 0.876 to 1.752 Megawatt-hours a year (about $140 and $280 a year for me). Now multiply that 3 to 5 times! Even for a home file/backup/print server I wonder if a desktop is all that good. Its internal disks get too hot, its fans fail, you need a UPS, hard to replace parts etc. Commercially available file servers are not there yet: too slow, too expensive, power hungry. A fast laptop is usually good enough. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message