Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2003 12:20:28 -0500 (EST) From: Daniel Eischen <eischen@vigrid.com> To: Martin Cracauer <cracauer@cons.org> Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Notebook recommendations and/or barebones kit experience? Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.10.10312231213360.20653-100000@pcnet5.pcnet.com> In-Reply-To: <20031223120425.A56684@cons.org>
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On Tue, 23 Dec 2003, Martin Cracauer wrote: > Hi, > > Here is what I want: > - quiet when not under load > - must operate in warm rooms when compiling kernels > - NVidia chipset if at all possible Not sure why you want NVidia, but under -current and using NVidia drivers/OpenGL you won't be able to use libkse and/or libthr. All the notebooks that I have access to and which run FreeBSD have ATI chipsets. > - 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? I bought a refurbished Dell Inspiron thinking I'd save a few hundred dollars. The keyboard was a bit sticky when I got it, but it wasn't really that annoying so I let it go. A few months later the system would no longer power on and I sent it back (I also bought Dell support). Dell claimed that I spilled something on the keyboard and the entire motherboard needed replacing. I argued that that was the way I got it and never spilled anything on it (which I didn't!), but still had to pay $600 to get it fixed. It ended up costing me $200 more than buying the system new instead of refurbished. I never had any problems with Dells until then, but now I don't think I'd ever go back to them. YMMV -- Dan Eischen
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