From owner-freebsd-mobile Fri Nov 8 15:17:41 2002 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 5B6DD37B401 for ; Fri, 8 Nov 2002 15:17:40 -0800 (PST) Received: from hyperreal.org (taz3.hyperreal.org [209.237.226.90]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 0F17B43E4A for ; Fri, 8 Nov 2002 15:17:40 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from brian@hyperreal.org) Received: (qmail 6631 invoked from network); 8 Nov 2002 23:17:31 -0000 Received: from localhost.hyperreal.org (HELO yez.hyperreal.org) (127.0.0.1) by localhost.hyperreal.org with SMTP; 8 Nov 2002 23:17:31 -0000 Received: (qmail 48285 invoked by uid 1000); 8 Nov 2002 23:18:24 -0000 Received: from localhost (sendmail-bs@127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 8 Nov 2002 23:18:24 -0000 Date: Fri, 8 Nov 2002 15:18:23 -0800 (PST) From: Brian Behlendorf To: mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: using a laptop as a main machine In-Reply-To: <15819.62111.450027.558305@emerger.yogotech.com> Message-ID: <20021108150910.W8036-100000@yez.hyperreal.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Spam-Rating: localhost.hyperreal.org 1.6.2 0/1000/N Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Fri, 8 Nov 2002, Nate Williams wrote: > [ ThinkPad owner ] > > > | I think you need to look at more reliable laptops. > > > > Wow. That is indeed an impressive testimonial. > > Backed up by numerous folks. It's funny not just how different people can have vastly different experiences, but different circles of people. For me and a couple people I know, the Stinkpad has we richly deserved reputation for falling apart way more often than others in use. Keys failing, the plastic molding coming apart, the video link to the monitor at the hinge going out, and most importantly, the hard drives constantly failing. Even inside other laptops I've used in the last few years, it's been IBM drives that have failed on me. And this is way under 3 years. The warranty service has been a sham, too, with our laptops too often being returned completely unchanged, or with new problems. This has nothing to do with FreeBSD necessarily, though, these are people who were running Linux and Win2k. I know people will say the opposite, but my Sony Vaio C1XS has been a tank (I mean that in a good way, it's actually quite a svelte little tank). I take it everywhere, including in my backpack while I bike-ride to and from work a couple times a week (once while making world!) I cracked the screen once by holding it by the corner, but I don't blame Sony for that. I've not yet got APM working, but the camera works, USB and PCMCIA have worked automatically, the video buffer's too small to do dual-screen correctly but the newer ones have (8MB buffer) enough for it. I'm excited to try firewire soon. Anyways, just a set of data points. Brian To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message