From owner-freebsd-mobile Sun Jan 28 21: 5:32 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from dsl.MexComUSA.net (adsl-63-200-120-86.dsl.mtry01.pacbell.net [63.200.120.86]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D574937B400 for ; Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:05:13 -0800 (PST) Received: (from root@localhost) by dsl.MexComUSA.net (8.11.2/8.11.1) id f0T50RT00863; Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:00:27 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from eculp@EnContacto.Net) Received: from 63.205.16.202 ( [63.205.16.202]) as user eculp@EnContacto.Net by Mail.MexComUSA.net with HTTP; Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:00:22 -0800 Message-ID: <980744422.3a74f8e614f7a@Mail.MexComUSA.net> Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:00:22 -0800 From: Edwin Culp To: David Kelly Cc: freebsd-mobile Subject: Re: Recommendations for a laptop References: <200101290231.f0T2VdG29688@grumpy.dyndns.org> In-Reply-To: <200101290231.f0T2VdG29688@grumpy.dyndns.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit User-Agent: Internet Messaging Program (IMP) 2.3.6-cvs Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Quoting David Kelly : > Edwin Culp writes: > > Quoting David Kelly : > > > > > Kailesh Mussai writes: > > > > Hello to all, > > > > I am interested in buying a laptop,so tht I can freeBSd on it but > I > > > > am having a bit of difficulty in choosing one.Could anyone help me on > > > this. > > > > > > Gave a lot of consideration to that very question myself earlier this > > > month. So now I'm waiting on delivery of an Apple Powerbook G4, which I > > > > expect to run MacOS X on. > > > > > > With MacOS X I expect to have all the advantages of FreeBSD plus all > > > the advantages of a major commercial consumer OS. At least that is the > > > hope. > > David, > > > > I would be very interested in hearing your comments. I had the same dream > and I > > tried the beta, but it wasn't what I had hoped for. Many Apple programs > and > > drivers wouldn't work then, but should in March when it is officially > released. > > > > I would really like to know if you are happy with it and which lists you > find > > that have information on ported open source applications, etc. > > I played around with MacOS X PB on a G4 tower for about 30 minutes and > was not disappointed. But also knew I had not gone far enough with it > to know what it will really be like to live with. > > The one thing that tripped me was when I wanted multiple instances of > the Terminal. Didn't figure that one out as the Mac Thing To Do on > double-click is to present the one that is already open. But that was > not what I wanted as I wanted a second. > > Ship date on my Titanium Powerbook G4 is said to be Feb 5. Sounds good. It seems to be a great laptop. Be sure and let me know what you think. Thanks, ed > > > -- > David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@hiwaay.net > ===================================================================== > The human mind ordinarily operates at only ten percent of its > capacity -- the rest is overhead for the operating system. > > > -- EnContacto.Net - InternetSalon.Org - CafeMania.Net -- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message