Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2001 11:42:56 -0500 (CDT) From: John Utz <john@utzweb.net> To: Jason Andresen <jandrese@mitre.org> Cc: Nick Barnes <Nick.Barnes@pobox.com>, <freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: recommended notebook for FreeBSD Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.33.0109191128420.5220-100000@jupiter.linuxengine.net> In-Reply-To: <3BA8C3FF.96973B72@mitre.org>
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i bought an hp800ct (the little mouse on a stick computer) for us$159 as a 'Buy It Now' and the floppy drive for us$29. i havent bought the cd because i dont care :-). i could have probably bid for less, but the hassle wasnt worth it..... it's a cardbus pccard, not pcmcia, but 4.4-release is supposed to support it in pcmcia compatiblity mode - i havent had the chance to try it yet cause i need to do a bios upgrade. i guess i am making 2 points: 1.ebay is great for used laptops if you buy from a good seller "Asisforyou" (or As_is_for_you" i cant remember) is the guy i bought mine from and he's well ranked. 2.i have lusted after the 800ct since they first came out and despite being hmm...1997....2001 4 years old, it *still* meets my expectations! fits in my bag, has enuf battery for the bus (2hours), doesnt weight too much, and runs sawfish adequately ( and sawfish is scheme based, so we are talking interpreted WM here! ). i think i'd like it even better when i replace the 16M extra ram with the 64M so that i have 80M. and, having paid less than us$200 for it, if something bad happens to it ( like i forget it on the bus or something :-) ) i wont have caused myself financial ruin. On Wed, 19 Sep 2001, Jason Andresen wrote: > Nick Barnes wrote: > > > > I am going to be doing some travelling on business, and need a > > notebook for light use. Can freebsd-mobile members recommend a > > machine from the current ranges of the major manufacturers? > > > > My desktop machine runs 4.3-RELENG with X, and I would like the same > > on the notebook. I need Ethernet, a modem, and a good screen, but I > > don't need a CD drive, a floppy drive (except maybe to install FreeBSD > > in the first place), or high performance. > > You might try ebay. Lots of people on there are nuts and pay way too > much for stuff, but occasionally a good deal slips through. Just > be careful to check that the seller isn't trying to offload some > broken laptop. > > -- John L. Utz III john@utzweb.net Idiocy is the Impulse Function in the Convolution of Life To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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