Date: Fri, 08 Nov 2002 07:40:44 -0800 From: paul beard <pdb2@u.washington.edu> To: "Steve (CK)" <toen0013@tc.umn.edu> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Laptops & FreeBSD? Message-ID: <3DCBDAFC.2010601@u.washington.edu> References: <Pine.SOL.4.20.0211080128430.10126-100000@garnet.tc.umn.edu>
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Steve (CK) wrote: > My first thought was an iBook or TiBook running OS X but the prohibitive > cost has me second-guessing that option. Maybe if the new IBM PPC chips > were to be introduced before next fall in the iBook I would take this > option but the speed and cost issue makes me not want to do this. I think you may be making too much of the speed and cost issues: an 800 MHz efficient laptop that lets you run an Open Source UNIX and all the popular desktop apps without dual-booting, all for $999, is hard to beat. I have a 600 MHZ thinkpad that cost almost 3 times that and the only time I need the horsepower or could use more is for portupgrades and compiles. That CPU is more than adequate for my typing speed. > I want to make sure it can run FreeBSD well, is somewhat light-weight, > powerful, large screen, good wide keyboard (for my bad wrists), and isn't > crippled by manufacturer's bias towards Win* systems (like Dell). Intel > or AMD processors are both cool; they're both local companies for > me. :) Thanks and i'm very sorry if this isn't the correct list for > this. You could try the mobile@freebsd.org list. -- Paul Beard / 8040 27th Ave NE / Seattle WA 98115 / paulbeard [at] mac [ dot] com / 206 529 8400 weblog @ <http://paulbeard.no-ip.org/movabletype/>; Washington [D.C.] is a city of Southern efficiency and Northern charm. -- John F. Kennedy To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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