From owner-freebsd-current Mon Dec 14 17:11:08 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id RAA13538 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Mon, 14 Dec 1998 17:11:08 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (goldfish.pht.co.jp [210.171.55.12]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id RAA13528 for ; Mon, 14 Dec 1998 17:11:01 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.9.1/8.8.8) with ESMTP id RAA00643; Mon, 14 Dec 1998 17:08:22 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Message-Id: <199812150108.RAA00643@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: Steve Passe cc: Mike Smith , mwlucas@exceptionet.com, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: good new 3x laptop? In-reply-to: Your message of "Sun, 13 Dec 1998 14:00:59 MST." <199812132100.OAA14463@Ilsa.StevesCafe.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1998 17:08:21 -0800 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > 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... -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message