From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Mar 16 18:36:47 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 EC41916A424 for ; Thu, 16 Mar 2006 18:36:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from olli@lurza.secnetix.de) Received: from lurza.secnetix.de (lurza.secnetix.de [83.120.8.8]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 30A8543D45 for ; Thu, 16 Mar 2006 18:36:46 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from olli@lurza.secnetix.de) Received: from lurza.secnetix.de (tuxoxq@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by lurza.secnetix.de (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k2GIadfv037539 for ; Thu, 16 Mar 2006 19:36:44 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from oliver.fromme@secnetix.de) Received: (from olli@localhost) by lurza.secnetix.de (8.13.4/8.13.1/Submit) id k2GIadBU037538; Thu, 16 Mar 2006 19:36:39 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from olli) Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2006 19:36:39 +0100 (CET) Message-Id: <200603161836.k2GIadBU037538@lurza.secnetix.de> From: Oliver Fromme To: freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <20060317014730.7a3b0be1@localhost> X-Newsgroups: list.freebsd-mobile User-Agent: tin/1.8.0-20051224 ("Ronay") (UNIX) (FreeBSD/4.11-STABLE (i386)) X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-2.1.2 (lurza.secnetix.de [127.0.0.1]); Thu, 16 Mar 2006 19:36:44 +0100 (CET) Cc: Subject: Re: What laptop do you recommend? X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2006 18:36:48 -0000 Norberto Meijome wrote: > I am also now starting to look into Pentium-M (higher end) rather than > dual cores ($$ mainly). I haven't heard one comment about 64bit cpus + > laptops + freebsd. Personally I think 64bit doesn't buy you much in a laptop, unless you have a very special application that benefits from it. There are still a lot of GUI apps that won't run in 64bit mode (ports marked as i386-only). Also, laptops usually don't have more than 4 GB of memory, so you don't need the enlarged address space of 64bit mode either. Of course, you could make the point that a 64bit laptop would at least offer the ability to switch in the future, wenn all apps run fine in 64bit mode. Also, AMD64 laptops are generally fast, even in 32bit mode. Just my two Euro cents. YMMV. Best regards Oliver -- Oliver Fromme, secnetix GmbH & Co. KG, Marktplatz 29, 85567 Grafing Dienstleistungen mit Schwerpunkt FreeBSD: http://www.secnetix.de/bsd Any opinions expressed in this message may be personal to the author and may not necessarily reflect the opinions of secnetix in any way. "If Java had true garbage collection, most programs would delete themselves upon execution." -- Robert Sewell