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Date:      Mon, 14 Dec 1998 17:08:21 -0800
From:      Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>
To:        Steve Passe <smp@csn.net>
Cc:        Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>, mwlucas@exceptionet.com, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: good new 3x laptop? 
Message-ID:  <199812150108.RAA00643@dingo.cdrom.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 13 Dec 1998 14:00:59 MST." <199812132100.OAA14463@Ilsa.StevesCafe.com> 

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> Hi,
> 
> > > I'm about to purchase a laptop to run FreeBSD on.  With all this
> > > discussion about PAO and -current differences, I figured I'd better ask
> > > first.  ;)
> > > 
> > > Can anyone recommend a decent new laptop for FreeBSD?  I want to run 3.x. 
> > > I'm looking in the sub-$2000 range. 
> > 
> > Any of the Toshiba Satellite units in that range will give you good 
> > service.
> 
> How about a high end PII/14" display machine.  I need to have
> 3.0-current development system for field compiles.  A good docking
> station would be a plus.

You should be OK with the current crop of Dell systems, as long as you 
bear in mind that you can't (yet) do CardBus stuff.  They're also very 
rugged...

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\\  sometimes you're behind.      \\  mike@smith.net.au
\\  The race is long, and in the  \\  msmith@freebsd.org
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