From owner-freebsd-mobile Fri Mar 24 10:24:10 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from jade.chc-chimes.com (jade.chc-chimes.com [216.28.46.6]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CFF7B37B77F; Fri, 24 Mar 2000 10:24:08 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from billf@jade.chc-chimes.com) Received: by jade.chc-chimes.com (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 22FD31C64; Fri, 24 Mar 2000 13:24:08 -0500 (EST) Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2000 13:24:08 -0500 From: Bill Fumerola To: Mike Smith Cc: Greg Lehey , mobile@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: What laptop should I buy? Message-ID: <20000324132408.X25438@jade.chc-chimes.com> 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 X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 3.2-RELEASE i386 Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Fri, Mar 24, 2000 at 09:46:38AM -0800, Mike Smith wrote: > 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. > > 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. From what I understand, the Inspiron's are remarked Quantex laptops. I could be wrong, but you may be able to get a better deal / more options through Quantex. Before I got my laptop (latitude) from CHC, my primary computer (at home) was a Quantex PC, and they really do have good service and such. -- Bill Fumerola - Network Architect Computer Horizons Corp - CVM e-mail: billf@chc-chimes.com / billf@FreeBSD.org Office: 800-252-2421 x128 / Cell: 248-761-7272 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message