From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Aug 12 22:08:30 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org 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 C85F016A4DE for ; Sat, 12 Aug 2006 22:08:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gcorcoran@rcn.com) Received: from smtp02.lnh.mail.rcn.net (smtp02.lnh.mail.rcn.net [207.172.157.102]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4F27343D45 for ; Sat, 12 Aug 2006 22:08:30 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from gcorcoran@rcn.com) Received: from mr02.lnh.mail.rcn.net ([207.172.157.22]) by smtp02.lnh.mail.rcn.net with ESMTP; 12 Aug 2006 18:08:29 -0400 Received: from smtp01.lnh.mail.rcn.net (smtp01.lnh.mail.rcn.net [207.172.4.11]) by mr02.lnh.mail.rcn.net (MOS 3.7.5a-GA) with ESMTP id MAX61653; Sat, 12 Aug 2006 18:08:28 -0400 (EDT) Received: from 207-172-241-254.c3-0.tlg-ubr1.atw-tlg.pa.cable.rcn.com (HELO [10.56.78.130]) ([207.172.241.254]) by smtp01.lnh.mail.rcn.net with ESMTP; 12 Aug 2006 18:08:28 -0400 X-IronPort-AV: i="4.08,117,1154923200"; d="scan'208"; a="256726691:sNHT25509030" Message-ID: <44DE517F.30601@rcn.com> Date: Sat, 12 Aug 2006 18:09:03 -0400 From: Gary Corcoran User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.5 (Windows/20060719) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Gary Kline References: <20060812212122.GA85691@thought.org> In-Reply-To: <20060812212122.GA85691@thought.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Junkmail-Status: score=10/50, host=mr02.lnh.mail.rcn.net X-Junkmail-SD-Raw: score=unknown, refid=str=0001.0A090208.44DE509D.0038,ss=1,fgs=0, ip=207.172.4.11, so=2006-05-09 23:27:51, dmn=5.2.4/2006-05-04 Cc: FreeBSD Mobile Mailing List Subject: Re: 3 years and going strong! X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 12 Aug 2006 22:08:30 -0000 Gary Kline wrote: > Guys, > > Thanks to lotsa sweat, lots of help from this list, and $340, > my ThinkPad 600E has served me will for three years. iN a year > two or I'll be thinking of upgrading from a P-II [400MHz] to > around 700-900Mhz. But only a TP that has this tiny mouse-stick > and three horizontal clickers. I have use of only one hand and > those [bleeping] scratch-n-sniff mouse-cursor devices are > signifigant obstacles. So:: can anybody tell me if there are > faster TP's that have this configuration. [[ I figure using > BSD or Linux doesn't require gigahertz processors; just one > reason the unix-paradigm is tops.]] > > (I have looked at eBay, but not for several months.) You might keep an eye on geeks.com. They sell new/surplus/used stuff, and I have seen now-old used ThinkPads (e.g. T21 or A21) for under $400, if I recall correctly. I used to have a T21 (800MHz) at work, and it still had the 'eraser' type built-in mouse. Gary