From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Dec 11 16:32:28 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 BABDE16A4CE for ; Sat, 11 Dec 2004 16:32:28 +0000 (GMT) Received: from phoenix.gargantuan.com (phoenix.gargantuan.com [24.73.171.238]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3445D43D1D for ; Sat, 11 Dec 2004 16:32:28 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from michael@gargantuan.com) Received: from localhost (localhost.gargantuan.com [127.0.0.1]) by spamassassin-injector (Postfix) with SMTP id D0A913D3; Sat, 11 Dec 2004 11:32:24 -0500 (EST) Received: by phoenix.gargantuan.com (Postfix, from userid 1001) id D80C82AE; Sat, 11 Dec 2004 11:32:05 -0500 (EST) Date: Sat, 11 Dec 2004 11:32:05 -0500 From: "Michael W. Oliver" To: Jules Gilbert Message-ID: <20041211163205.GB85957@gargantuan.com> Mail-Followup-To: Jules Gilbert , freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org References: <41BB1C7C.5030907@newebmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="1LKvkjL3sHcu1TtY" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <41BB1C7C.5030907@newebmail.com> X-WWW-Site: http://michael.gargantuan.com X-PGP-Public-Key: $X-WWW-Site/gnupg/pubkey.asc X-PGP-Fingerprint: 2694 0179 AE3F BFAE 0916 0BF5 B16B FBAB C5FA A3C9 X-Home-Phone: +1-863-816-8091 X-Mobile-Phone: +1-863-738-2334 X-Home-Address0: 8008 Apache Lane X-Home-Address1: Lakeland, FL X-Home-Address2: 33810-2172 X-Home-Address3: United States of America X-Good-Question-Guide: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html X-Netiquette-Guidelines: http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1855.txt User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i X-Spam-DCC: dcc3mcgill: phoenix.gargantuan.com 1275; Body=1 Fuz1=1 Fuz2=1 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.1 (2004-10-22) on phoenix.gargantuan.com X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-105.9 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,BAYES_00, USER_IN_WHITELIST autolearn=ham version=3.0.1 X-Spam-Pyzor: Reported 0 times. cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 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 16:32:28 -0000 --1LKvkjL3sHcu1TtY Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 2004-12-11T11:12:44-0500, Jules Gilbert wrote: > I am in the market for a new laptop. I am particularly interested in a= =20 > 64-bit AMD based product, which a friend of mine now has on trial.=20 >=20 > I want 1920 pixels (wow!, it is truely movie quality, too.) Too bad I=20 > am too busy to watch 'em... Still, who wants not to have a DVD. Not me.= =2E. >=20 > I want something I can run FreeBSD on, WITH good support for both=20 > "hotspot" type cards and also I expect to purchase a deal from either=20 > Sprint or Cingular for use with one of the service deals they offer. >=20 > So I want a 64-bit (fast!) laptop with hi-res graphics, and support for= =20 > 802.11x hot-spot style cards, (builtin being better than PCMCIA cards,)= =20 > and also a PCMCIA adaptor to accept an as-yet undetermined long-distance= =20 > cell-tower connection.=20 >=20 > The rest is pretty usual, sound card, no floppies, etc...=20 >=20 > Laptops seem to be moving to power supply arrangements which make it=20 > impossible to run a laptop off of a car battery. (Now one needs a power= =20 > inverter.) I guess I am old-fashioned, I like the cigarette lighter as= =20 > a source of power. If I have to drop something, I'll take a 32-bit=20 > system. But computing power is pretty important to me. >=20 > I have a preferrence of dealing with vendors that can deliver machines=20 > WITHOUT windoz. And will pay someone a little more for such equipment=20 > if necessary. I had just been running a similar thread on the amd64@ list and had a couple of replies. My first inclination was towards the Acer Ferrari 3400, which received a favorable response. However, after spending many hours researching, I decided to go with the Sager 4750-V, which I ordered yesterday. For the money, you can't beat the features. I bought it from discountlaptops.com. I would have bought it from pctorque.com if they were outside Florida, but since they are here in Florida with me, I would have been nailed with sales tax. AMD Athlon 64 3400+ (2.2GHz with 1MB L2 cache) 1GB DDR SDRAM ATI Radeon 9700 (M11) with 128MB 17" WSXGA LCD 8x DVD+-RW (dual layer even!) Realtek gigabit LAN Gigabyte (Atheros Super-G) WLAN Bluetooth 4-in-1 media card reader TV tuner (overkill, but what the hell...) 1 Serial port, which is becoming rare in laptops (needed by me big time) =2E.misc other stuff you can find online --=20 Michael W. Oliver [see complete headers for contact information] --1LKvkjL3sHcu1TtY Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFBuyEFsWv7q8X6o8kRAqXLAKCEcmmAoqyETHIVVgssHxSB8PWO7QCeP5bS uk22+jKQOwE0NPsKM0NIfiA= =MKid -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --1LKvkjL3sHcu1TtY--