From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Mar 26 08:26:54 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id IAA22298 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 26 Mar 1996 08:26:54 -0800 (PST) Received: from deputy.pavilion.co.uk (deputy.pavilion.co.uk [194.193.24.33]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id IAA22253 for ; Tue, 26 Mar 1996 08:26:42 -0800 (PST) Received: from poolc48.pavilion.co.uk (poolc48.pavilion.co.uk [194.193.28.176]) by deputy.pavilion.co.uk (8.7/8.7) with SMTP id QAA02879; Tue, 26 Mar 1996 16:24:50 GMT Message-Id: <199603261624.QAA02879@deputy.pavilion.co.uk> X-Sender: aledm@mailhost.pavilion.co.uk X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Light Version 1.5.2 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Tue, 26 Mar 1996 15:17:02 +0000 To: Donald Burr From: Aled Morris Subject: Re: Buying a laptop for FreeBSD - advice sought Cc: FreeBSD Questions Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk At 02:57 26/03/96 -0800, Donald Burr wrote: >Well, I finally broke down to temptation and am about to purchase a >laptop. Since I want to be able to use this machine with FreeBSD, I'd >like to consult with the group before I make the final decision. I have a Digital Hinote Ultra, which is great. They have just brought out a Hinote Ultra II with Pentium CPU. Check out the web page at http://www.digital.com >IntelDX4/100 CPU Current Hinotes are 4/75, though the new pentium ones should scream. >Touchpad Hinote has a trackball. >Removable 520MB Hard drive HDD on mine isn't removable, but I believe the new Ultra II fixes this. Everything else fits. What you don't say is the size - the Ultra is fantastically thin and light. You should be able to get a 486 one cheap now the Pentium models are announced (mine cost less than $1k with mono screen) My previous machine was a Gateway laptop, which I liked very much. They too have Pentium models now. I did like the exchangeable hard disk, and the new one has a touchpad. Perhaps you should look at these before spending the $$$, they are very good value. http://www.gw2k.com I think. Aled -- telephone +44 973 207987 O- grid ref TQ 196422