From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Mar 21 13:46:55 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 010241065674 for ; Fri, 21 Mar 2008 13:46:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from derek@computinginnovations.com) Received: from betty.computinginnovations.com (mail.computinginnovations.com [64.81.227.250]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 961D68FC28 for ; Fri, 21 Mar 2008 13:46:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from derek@computinginnovations.com) Received: from p28.computinginnovations.com (dhcp-10-20-30-100.computinginnovations.com [10.20.30.100]) (authenticated bits=0) by betty.computinginnovations.com (8.14.2/8.13.8) with ESMTP id m2LDkMkN064188; Fri, 21 Mar 2008 08:46:23 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from derek@computinginnovations.com) Message-Id: <6.0.0.22.2.20080321084645.02743ce0@mail.computinginnovations.com> X-Sender: derek@mail.computinginnovations.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 6.0.0.22 Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2008 08:48:16 -0500 To: Joe Demeny , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org From: Derek Ragona In-Reply-To: <200803210556.50743.jd1987@borozo.com> References: <200803210556.50743.jd1987@borozo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Antivirus: avast! (VPS 080321-0, 03/21/2008), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean X-ComputingInnovations-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-ComputingInnovations-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-ComputingInnovations-MailScanner-From: derek@computinginnovations.com X-Spam-Status: No Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: Subject: Re: Laptop advice 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, 21 Mar 2008 13:46:55 -0000 At 04:56 AM 3/21/2008, Joe Demeny wrote: >I need to get a budget-priced laptop, such as one of these: > >http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834101123 >http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834114430 > >Does anyone have experience with these? > >Any suggestions for other comparable choices? I would choose the Toshiba, much better quality and support. You may want to look at Lenovo's too. In a laptop I would look at the graphics if you plan to run X. -Derek -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.