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Date:      Mon, 19 Mar 2001 11:36:52 -0800 (PST)
From:      John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Warner Losh <imp@harmony.village.org>
Cc:        mobile@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   RE: Bummed
Message-ID:  <XFMail.010319113652.jhb@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <200103190828.f2J8S5954660@harmony.village.org>

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On 19-Mar-01 Warner Losh wrote:
> 
> It is nearly offical.  I'm bummed out.  i think that my vaio died
> today.  too many of the screws that hold heat sink in place came loose
> and shorted out something inside.  I just spent about two hours trying
> to put it back together.  now my vaio will not turn on.  i'm going to
> try leaving it unplugged overnight to see if that helps, but things
> are looking somewhat black to me at the moment.
> 
> Anybody got a good laptop they can recommend?  two cardbus slots are
> required, but other than that I'm torn between huge numbers of pixels
> and light weight.

For huge number of pixels, Dell Inspiron 5000e or 8000 that does 1600x1200, for
lightweight a Vaio of course. :)  In fact, get a i5000e, so you can fix my
cardbus. :-P  It works fine except for the resource allocation glitches.  The
volume buttons on the 5000e even work. :)

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