From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Nov 17 00:49:48 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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 B7B9816A40F for ; Fri, 17 Nov 2006 00:49:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kline@tao.thought.org) Received: from tao.thought.org (dsl231-043-140.sea1.dsl.speakeasy.net [216.231.43.140]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3322243D49 for ; Fri, 17 Nov 2006 00:49:48 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kline@tao.thought.org) Received: from tao.thought.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by tao.thought.org (8.13.8/8.13.1) with ESMTP id kAH0nlqI089888 for ; Thu, 16 Nov 2006 16:49:47 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from kline@tao.thought.org) Received: (from kline@localhost) by tao.thought.org (8.13.8/8.13.1/Submit) id kAH0nlOW089883 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Thu, 16 Nov 2006 16:49:47 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from kline) Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2006 16:49:46 -0800 From: Gary Kline To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20061117004946.GA89750@thought.org> References: <20061116085853.4b66ab11@> <20061116073418.GA1416@home> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20061116073418.GA1416@home> X-Organization: Thought Unlimited. Public service Unix since 1986. X-Of_Interest: Observing twenty years of service to the Unix community User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) Subject: Re: Best laptop for Freebsd X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2006 00:49:48 -0000 On Wed, Nov 15, 2006 at 11:34:18PM -0800, George Allan wrote: > On Thu, Nov 16, 2006 at 08:58:53AM +0300, g wrote: > > Is there any one model or product that would be better for Freebsd 6 > > (as this is my day in day out operating system). > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-mobile > > > Any experiences and or advise would be much appreciated. > > My vote is for Thinkpads. A quick search of the archives will bear out > the popularity of that opinion. > I second this vote along with the others who favor the ThinkPad. (Also very much appreciate the heads-up on the VAIO below... ) I paid $336 for a 400MHz ThinkPad 600E in '03, including its upgrades, and it has run 24*7 for nearly 40 months. It is a bit slow to bring up the larger suites (like firefox or Abiword); but once in-memory, no complaints. --I'm still at 5.4 but when 6.2 has been running for a few months, I'll upgrade. So: good hardware, best software. That's my dime's worth. gary -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org www.thought.org Public Service Unix