From owner-freebsd-mobile Tue Nov 5 9: 6:41 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4A44737B401 for ; Tue, 5 Nov 2002 09:06:40 -0800 (PST) Received: from gull.mail.pas.earthlink.net (gull.mail.pas.earthlink.net [207.217.120.84]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D835543E42 for ; Tue, 5 Nov 2002 09:06:39 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mvh@ix.netcom.com) Received: from lsanca1-ar6-4-62-202-113.lsanca1.elnk.dsl.genuity.net ([4.62.202.113] helo=netcom1.netcom.com) by gull.mail.pas.earthlink.net with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 18979l-0000t4-00; Tue, 05 Nov 2002 09:06:25 -0800 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by netcom1.netcom.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id A16C713145; Tue, 5 Nov 2002 09:06:15 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by netcom1.netcom.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id CFF7B1313D; Tue, 5 Nov 2002 09:06:14 -0800 (PST) Subject: Re: Laptop 'short list'? From: Mike Harding Reply-To: mvh@welkyn.com To: richard childers Cc: Andrew Y Ng , freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <3DC7F080.B2021047@pacbell.net> References: <20021105144719.ADE431310B@netcom1.netcom.com> <1036512215.10720.6.camel@natewks2.ad.newisys.com> <3DC7F080.B2021047@pacbell.net> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.0.8 Date: 05 Nov 2002 09:06:14 -0800 Message-Id: <1036515974.615.1.camel@netcom1.netcom.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Virus-Scanned: by AMaViS snapshot-20020531 Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org I did check _all_ of these references, richard, I'm not lazy. The laptop compatibility guide hasn't been updated in over a year. Google just pulls up pages of problems that people have with a particular laptop. Pricewatch has a lousy interface, and is only useful once you know the exact model you want! It's frustrating even looking for a video card on pricewatch! On Tue, 2002-11-05 at 08:23, richard childers wrote: > > > > > - What are some good laptops for FreeBSD? > > http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=freebsd+%2Bhardware+%2Blaptop > > http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/11/02/Big_Scary_Daemons.html > http://www.cse.ucsc.edu/~dkulp/fbsd/laptop.html (this looks good) > > ... etc. > > > > Any stores that have good stock? I haven't really been able to look > > > at laptops. Any good deals out there? > > pricewatch.com > > -- richard > > -- > > Richard A Childers/KG6HAC -- Senor UNIX System & Network Administrator > "Dont forget nothing." Maj Rogers, standing orders, 1st Ranger Bn, 1759 > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message