From owner-freebsd-mobile Fri Mar 24 10:41:46 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 E836737BA55; Fri, 24 Mar 2000 10:41:34 -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 FAA05548; Sat, 25 Mar 2000 05:11:13 +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 KAA02008; Fri, 24 Mar 2000 10:40:46 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from grog) Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2000 10:40:46 -0800 From: Greg Lehey To: Bill Fumerola Cc: Mike Smith , mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: What laptop should I buy? Message-ID: <20000324104046.I1349@mojave.worldwide.lemis.com> Reply-To: Greg Lehey References: <20000324091703.A1349@mojave.worldwide.lemis.com> <200003241746.JAA00745@mass.cdrom.com> <20000324132408.X25438@jade.chc-chimes.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0i In-Reply-To: <20000324132408.X25438@jade.chc-chimes.com>; from billf@chc-chimes.com on Fri, Mar 24, 2000 at 01:24:08PM -0500 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 13:24:08 -0500, Bill Fumerola wrote: > 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. Thanks for the hint. I checked out http://www.quantex.com/store/qonline/customize.asp?model=04w35, but there's no choice of display, and they don't say what the resolution of the display is (why do they give the dimensions? Who cares if it's 15" or 15.2"?) Given the price I'd assume that it's a 1024x768. 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