From owner-freebsd-mobile Fri Dec 1 11:46:10 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from good.gulp.org (mail.gulp.org [204.245.54.140]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 13E2437B400 for ; Fri, 1 Dec 2000 11:46:08 -0800 (PST) Received: (from scarter@localhost) by good.gulp.org (8.11.1/Booger-fling-RELEASE1.2) id eB1Jk0W51679; Fri, 1 Dec 2000 12:46:00 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from scarter@gblx.net) X-Authentication-Warning: good.gulp.org: scarter set sender to scarter@gblx.net using -f Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2000 12:46:00 -0700 From: Steve Carter To: Denver Maddux Cc: dmitry , freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Buying a new laptop Message-ID: <20001201124600.C51182@gblx.net> References: <200011302135.eAULZUK17960@mail.ipeg.com> <20001201122842.A16832@nitrous.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20001201122842.A16832@nitrous.net>; from denver@nitrous.net on Fri, Dec 01, 2000 at 12:28:42PM -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org * Denver Maddux [001201 12:29]: > > 4) What machine would you recommend? > > I have a Dell Inspiron 5000 right now that I am currently having a > love affair with. Most everything worked right out of the box, with > the exceptions being suspend-to-disk. Suspend works, shutdown -p > works, blah blah blah. I use a limited set of pcmcia cards (waveland > and a modem card) but they work all of the time. I also have a Dell Inspiron 5000 and it works flawlessly and the installation was a breeze with no real problems ... I am currently in the process of getting an IBM T21 and a Dell Latitude C800. I'll keep the one I like and return the one I do not. I do have two problems w/ the 5000 though, it uses one of those touchscreen mouse devices and only has two buttons. Personal preferrence thing I know, but I prefer the IBM setup of a goober and three buttons. If I keep the Dell I will probably use an external mouse of some kind. I am hoping that the current IBM T21 problems are resolved or a work-around developed so I can get a fair comparison ... -Steve To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message