From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Aug 21 13:53: 5 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 82FA837B406 for ; Wed, 21 Aug 2002 13:52:58 -0700 (PDT) Received: from janeway.vonbek.dhs.org (bgm-24-24-79-198.stny.rr.com [24.24.79.198]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5DF6643E91 for ; Wed, 21 Aug 2002 13:52:56 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from syborg@stny.rr.com) Received: by janeway.vonbek.dhs.org (Postfix, from userid 507) id C14254FA51; Wed, 21 Aug 2002 16:50:26 -0400 (EDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by janeway.vonbek.dhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BC0594A0D; Wed, 21 Aug 2002 16:50:26 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2002 16:50:26 -0400 (EDT) From: John Bleichert X-X-Sender: syborg@janeway.vonbek.dhs.org Reply-To: John Bleichert To: "Henning, Brian" Cc: "'questions@FreeBSD.ORG'" Subject: Re: off topic: laptop In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, 21 Aug 2002, Henning, Brian wrote: > Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2002 15:21:40 -0500 > From: "Henning, Brian" > To: "'questions@FreeBSD.ORG'" > Subject: off topic: laptop > > Hello- > sorry for being off topic, but i I really need to talk to some people that > know about buying laptops. I would prefer to buy it localy, but if i could > buy it from a reliable source i may consider buying it online. I am going to > be using it as a multimedia machine and I may consider duel booting > windows/freebsd. Can someone tell me where i should look, companies i should > avoid, features i should look for, etc. My budget is $1400 and below is a > list of requirement i have thought of. > Thanks, > brian > > requirements > ------------ > 1.2 gHz with a fast front side bus > 15 inch screen > 16 MB graphics card > DVD drive > more than 256 MB ram > 30 gig hd. > floopy drive > built in NIC and 56k modem > good battery life > lightweight > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > http://www.qlitech.net/products/laptops/index.html /* * John Bleichert * syborg@stny.rr.com * http://vonbek.dhs.org/latest.jpg */ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message