Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2003 12:04:25 -0500 From: Martin Cracauer <cracauer@cons.org> To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Notebook recommendations and/or barebones kit experience? Message-ID: <20031223120425.A56684@cons.org>
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Hi, do you guys have any up-to-date opinions on a good notebook for FreeBSD-current? Here is what I don't need: - can be heavy - can be big - don't care about battery life - can be slow - refurbished or used OK Here is what I want: - quiet when not under load - must operate in warm rooms when compiling kernels - NVidia chipset if at all possible - More than 1024x768 *or* working dual-head - Firewire, USB 2.0 and/or at least two PCMCIA II slots - $1200 - $1500 for a current model but would take a $1000 refurbished with slower CPU Some Dell Inspirons fit that nicely, in particular since you can get as much display as you want. But a friend has 4 in the office and all 4 had to be sent to get parts replaced already. What are your experiences with them? Here is a barebones kit with a 1280x1024 display: http://www.compgeeks.com/details.asp?invtid=NBEGG732C15 Anyone ever tried that? I might chicken out and just get a random Thinkpad :-) The 23 with the 1400x1050 display sounds nice. Martin -- %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Martin Cracauer <cracauer@cons.org> http://www.cons.org/cracauer/ No warranty. This email is probably produced by one of my cats stepping on the keys. No, I don't have an infinite number of cats.
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