From owner-freebsd-mobile Thu Dec 6 12:33:34 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from cpqdl380-7.wac.com (cpqdl380-7.wac.com [208.161.116.7]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1EE3237B405 for ; Thu, 6 Dec 2001 12:33:31 -0800 (PST) Received: from NATHAN (unverified [206.151.38.45]) by cpqdl380-7.wac.com (Rockliffe SMTPRA 4.5.4) with SMTP id ; Thu, 6 Dec 2001 12:33:30 -0800 Message-ID: <003101c17e95$8300f730$f5c8a8c0@NATHAN> From: To: "Alfred Perlstein" Cc: References: <002301c17e92$26f8d050$f5c8a8c0@NATHAN> <20011206141034.Z92148@elvis.mu.org> Subject: Re: notebook/laptop Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2001 12:35:15 -0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 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 Alfred, thanks for the info. i've talked to several people about this same topic and they've all said dell as well. they're not too bad on the affordable side either. that might be something i'll go for. i was also thinking on the higher end pricing maybe a vaio or fujitsu lifebook? but i've not found anything to say yes or no on the support of those two? any ideas? nathan@corp.wac.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alfred Perlstein" To: Cc: Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2001 12:10 PM Subject: Re: notebook/laptop > * nathan@corp.wac.com [011206 14:09] wrote: > > > > freebsd-mobile, > > > > hi everyone, im about to purchase a laptop and would like to know if > > anyone has any links, input, or > > ideas of what to get. i've seen a couple of websites with some reviews and > > have read up one the PAO site > > for release info and supported hardware. but im still hanging on the > > question "what is the best for the money, and > > what will give me less hassle for the money?". if you have any ideas or > > information for me to research on that'd > > be great. thanks for the information/help in advance! > > Every Dell that I've gotten my hands on has "just worked", X and all, > however you may want to search the archives because I have seen some > reports of problems with X for some people. > > -- > -Alfred Perlstein [alfred@freebsd.org] > 'Instead of asking why a piece of software is using "1970s technology," > start asking why software is ignoring 30 years of accumulated wisdom.' > http://www.morons.org/rants/gpl-harmful.php3 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message