From owner-freebsd-mobile Fri Mar 24 10: 9:15 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from yana.lemis.com (yana.lemis.com [192.109.197.140]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1E0D337B97C; Fri, 24 Mar 2000 10:09:09 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from grog@mojave.worldwide.lemis.com) Received: from mojave.worldwide.lemis.com ([216.88.157.130]) by yana.lemis.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id EAA05511; Sat, 25 Mar 2000 04:38:47 +1030 (CST) (envelope-from grog@mojave.worldwide.lemis.com) Received: (from grog@localhost) by mojave.worldwide.lemis.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id KAA01778; Fri, 24 Mar 2000 10:08:33 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from grog) Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2000 10:08:33 -0800 From: Greg Lehey To: Mike Smith Cc: mobile@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: What laptop should I buy? Message-ID: <20000324100833.F1349@mojave.worldwide.lemis.com> Reply-To: Greg Lehey References: <20000324091703.A1349@mojave.worldwide.lemis.com> <200003241746.JAA00745@mass.cdrom.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0i In-Reply-To: <200003241746.JAA00745@mass.cdrom.com>; from msmith@FreeBSD.org on Fri, Mar 24, 2000 at 09:46:38AM -0800 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog X-PGP-Fingerprint: 6B 7B C3 8C 61 CD 54 AF 13 24 52 F8 6D A4 95 EF Organization: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Friday, 24 March 2000 at 9:46:38 -0800, Mike Smith wrote: >> I'm in the market for a new laptop. The single most important feature >> is display resolution. I've identified the Dell Inspiron 7500 with a >> 1400x1050 screen, and I'm quite happy with my current Latitude CPi >> (modulo display resolution), but the Inspiron is a clumsy looking >> animal, and I'm wondering if there is some other machine with similar >> resolution which would work well with FreeBSD. Any ideas? > > No. I went through this exercise last year, and the i7500 is the only > system that's actually shipping with a megapel display AFAIWATE. The IBM > Thinkpad 770Z was advertised but never appears to have actually shipped > with the 1280x1024 display. Thanks. > You're correct though, the i7500 is a monster, and may be more deadweight > than you're willing to carry around. On the flipside, apart from the > disk it's a very capable system. What gets me with the Inspiron is less its weight (I'm a big bloke after all), but it seems so completely lacking in style. The Latitude is a nice box by comparison, but for some reason they don't want to fit the big display on it. Greg -- Finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key See complete headers for address and phone numbers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message