From owner-freebsd-mobile Wed Sep 19 14:42: 7 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from freeway.dcfinc.com (cx74889-a.phnx3.az.home.com [24.1.193.157]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 01D2F37B413 for ; Wed, 19 Sep 2001 14:42:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from chad@localhost) by freeway.dcfinc.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) id OAA02391; Wed, 19 Sep 2001 14:41:48 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from chad) Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2001 14:41:48 -0700 From: "Chad R. Larson" To: Jason Andresen Cc: Nick Barnes , freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: recommended notebook for FreeBSD Message-ID: <20010919144148.B2289@freeway.dcfinc.com> References: <25755.1000903178@thrush.ravenbrook.com> <3BA8C3FF.96973B72@mitre.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <3BA8C3FF.96973B72@mitre.org>; from jandrese@mitre.org on Wed, Sep 19, 2001 at 12:12:47PM -0400 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 On Wed, Sep 19, 2001 at 12:12:47PM -0400, 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? > > 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. You might also want to look at http://www.ibm.com/products/us click on "Refurbished PCs". You'll find Thinkpads for under $700. -crl -- Chad R. Larson (CRL15) 602-953-1392 Brother, can you paradigm? chad@dcfinc.com chad@larsons.org larson1@home.com DCF, Inc. - 14623 North 49th Place, Scottsdale, Arizona 85254-2207 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message