From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Dec 11 16:13:17 2004 Return-Path: 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 538FD16A4CE for ; Sat, 11 Dec 2004 16:13:17 +0000 (GMT) Received: from netserver2.cyonisp.net (69-3-40-56.sdsl.lbdsl.net [69.3.40.56]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1013E43D2F for ; Sat, 11 Dec 2004 16:13:16 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from julesg@newebmail.com) Received: from [192.168.0.123] (pool-151-199-33-217.bos.east.verizon.net [151.199.33.217]) (authenticated (0 bits))iBA7bq78015686 for ; Fri, 10 Dec 2004 02:38:02 -0500 Message-ID: <41BB1C7C.5030907@newebmail.com> Date: Sat, 11 Dec 2004 11:12:44 -0500 From: Jules Gilbert User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.8 (Windows/20040913) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: suggestions wanted X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 11 Dec 2004 16:13:17 -0000 I am in the market for a new laptop. I am particularly interested in a 64-bit AMD based product, which a friend of mine now has on trial. I want 1920 pixels (wow!, it is truely movie quality, too.) Too bad I am too busy to watch 'em... Still, who wants not to have a DVD. Not me... I want something I can run FreeBSD on, WITH good support for both "hotspot" type cards and also I expect to purchase a deal from either Sprint or Cingular for use with one of the service deals they offer. So I want a 64-bit (fast!) laptop with hi-res graphics, and support for 802.11x hot-spot style cards, (builtin being better than PCMCIA cards,) and also a PCMCIA adaptor to accept an as-yet undetermined long-distance cell-tower connection. The rest is pretty usual, sound card, no floppies, etc... Laptops seem to be moving to power supply arrangements which make it impossible to run a laptop off of a car battery. (Now one needs a power inverter.) I guess I am old-fashioned, I like the cigarette lighter as a source of power. If I have to drop something, I'll take a 32-bit system. But computing power is pretty important to me. I have a preferrence of dealing with vendors that can deliver machines WITHOUT windoz. And will pay someone a little more for such equipment if necessary. So what comes to mind... --jg